From ed90926c8d2a681b0df1a140623038ba9909da58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dibyendu Majumdar <mobile@majumdar.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:20:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] issue #195 strings tests part 5

---
 tests/lua53/strings.lua | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/lua53/strings.lua b/tests/lua53/strings.lua
index 089feaf..ca90051 100644
--- a/tests/lua53/strings.lua
+++ b/tests/lua53/strings.lua
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ do    -- longest number that can be formatted
   local s = string.format('%.99f', -(10^i))
   assert(string.len(s) >= i + 101)
   assert(tonumber(s) == -(10^i))
+
+  -- limit for floats
+  assert(10^38 < math.huge)
+  local s = string.format('%.99f', -(10^38))
+  assert(string.len(s) >= 38 + 101)
+  assert(tonumber(s) == -(10^38))
 end