util.format: Fix some formats expecting positive numbers in Lua 5.2
authorKim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 20:54:37 +0100
changeset 12040 2ce06f788093
parent 12039 dc7ab05005e8
child 12041 82f6a0b0a425
util.format: Fix some formats expecting positive numbers in Lua 5.2 Amazing how string.format behaves differently under each Lua version
spec/util_format_spec.lua
util/format.lua
--- a/spec/util_format_spec.lua	Sat Dec 11 20:40:23 2021 +0100
+++ b/spec/util_format_spec.lua	Sat Dec 11 20:54:37 2021 +0100
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 			describe("to %o", function ()
 				it("works", function ()
 					assert.equal("141", format("%o", 97))
-					assert.equal("1777777777777777747707", format("%o", -12345))
+					assert.equal("[-12345]", format("%o", -12345))
 					assert.equal("[1.5]", format("%o", 1.5))
 					assert.equal("[7.3786976294838e+19]", format("%o", 73786976294838206464))
 					assert.equal("[inf]", format("%o", math.huge))
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
 			describe("to %u", function ()
 				it("works", function ()
 					assert.equal("97", format("%u", 97))
-					assert.equal("18446744073709539271", format("%u", -12345))
+					assert.equal("[-12345]", format("%u", -12345))
 					assert.equal("[1.5]", format("%u", 1.5))
 					assert.equal("[7.3786976294838e+19]", format("%u", 73786976294838206464))
 					assert.equal("[inf]", format("%u", math.huge))
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 			describe("to %x", function ()
 				it("works", function ()
 					assert.equal("61", format("%x", 97))
-					assert.equal("ffffffffffffcfc7", format("%x", -12345))
+					assert.equal("[-12345]", format("%x", -12345))
 					assert.equal("[1.5]", format("%x", 1.5))
 					assert.equal("[7.3786976294838e+19]", format("%x", 73786976294838206464))
 					assert.equal("[inf]", format("%x", math.huge))
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
 			describe("to %X", function ()
 				it("works", function ()
 					assert.equal("61", format("%X", 97))
-					assert.equal("FFFFFFFFFFFFCFC7", format("%X", -12345))
+					assert.equal("[-12345]", format("%X", -12345))
 					assert.equal("[1.5]", format("%X", 1.5))
 					assert.equal("[7.3786976294838e+19]", format("%X", 73786976294838206464))
 					assert.equal("[inf]", format("%X", math.huge))
--- a/util/format.lua	Sat Dec 11 20:40:23 2021 +0100
+++ b/util/format.lua	Sat Dec 11 20:54:37 2021 +0100
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 -- In Lua 5.3+ these formats throw an error if given a float
 local expects_integer = { c = true, d = true, i = true, o = true, u = true, X = true, x = true, };
+-- In Lua 5.2 these throw an error given a negative number
+local expects_positive = { o = true; u = true; x = true; X = true };
 -- Printable Unicode replacements for control characters
 local control_symbols = {
 	-- 0x00 .. 0x1F --> U+2400 .. U+241F, 0x7F --> U+2421
@@ -82,6 +84,9 @@
 			elseif expects_integer[option] and num_type(arg) ~= "integer" then
 				args[i] = tostring(arg);
 				return "[%s]";
+			elseif expects_positive[option] and arg < 0 then
+				args[i] = tostring(arg);
+				return "[%s]";
 			elseif (option == "a" or option == "A") and not supports_a then
 				return "%x";
 			else