On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Alexander Nasonov <al...@yandex.ru> wrote: > Lourival Vieira Neto wrote: >> Are you aware that we have already changed the language number type? >> Thus, we have already changed the language itself? If you insist, we >> can call that Lua', kernel Lua, or whatever you like. > > It's documented: > > http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#lua_Number > > typedef double lua_Number; > > The type of numbers in Lua. By default, it is double, but that can be > changed in luaconf.h. Through this configuration file you can change Lua > to operate with another type for numbers (e.g., float or long).
Yes, and so do the arithmetic operations. And yes it does change the language itself. Lua language ~= Lua interpreter. >> > But seriously, you can easily implement it. It doesn't even have to be >> > in a Lua core file. You can create a new file in you lua module directory. >> >> Yes, we can (how Obama says =). However, I don't see this as a priority. > > When I see something like this at work, I may set a reminder to follow-up > after 6 months. I don't think mutt has this feature. Should I submit a PR > instead? Really don't know how you should proceed. As you are also a dev, you could just implement this if you really miss exponentiation in kernel Lua. Regards, -- Lourival Vieira Neto
