Re: At the edge of LNUM patch
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- Subject: Re: At the edge of LNUM patch
- From: "Ariel Manzur" <puntob@...>
- Date: 2008年3月25日 18:03:28 -0300
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Asko Kauppi <askok@dnainternet.net> wrote:
>
> Ariel Manzur kirjoitti 25.3.2008 kello 22:06:
>
>
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:55 AM, <askok@dnainternet.net> wrote:
> > [...]
> >> Before 2008, I used to have LNUM patch always return FP
> >> results to an integer, if possible. This, however, slowed
> >> down _all_ FP operations slightly, and was never feeling
> >> 'right'. The current way does feel right for me, and I bet
> >
> > Is it possible to disable conversion from integers to FP too? (maybe
> > with a compile time option).
>
> You mean to give an overflow error, or a round trip to negative
> integers?
No, I mean have it behave like this:
5 / 2 = 2
5.0 / 2 = 2.5
2.5 * 2 = 5.0
like C basically, with no behind-the-scenes conversions at all.
>
> No.
>
> LNUM patch works on numbers, and bit patterns are another arena.
>
> -asko
>
>
- References:
- Best Practices for Lua -> "Lua+"?, Adrian Perez
- Re: Best Practices for Lua -> "Lua+"?, Asko Kauppi
- Re: Best Practices for Lua -> "Lua+"?, Roberto Ierusalimschy
- At the edge of LNUM patch, Asko Kauppi
- Re: At the edge of LNUM patch, Alex Davies
- Re: At the edge of LNUM patch, Asko Kauppi
- RE: At the edge of LNUM patch, Grellier, Thierry
- Re: At the edge of LNUM patch, askok
- Re: At the edge of LNUM patch, Ariel Manzur
- Re: At the edge of LNUM patch, Asko Kauppi