if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['l-number'] = {
    version   = 1.001,
    comment   = "companion to luat-lib.mkiv",
    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
    license   = "see context related readme files"
}

-- See l-number.lua for the more generic (also 5.2) versions of the
-- functions below ... that file evolved over time.

local tonumber = tonumber
local format = string.format
local concat = table.concat
local floor = math.floor

number       = number or { }
local number = number

-- print(number.tobitstring(8))
-- print(number.tobitstring(14))
-- print(number.tobitstring(66))
-- print(number.tobitstring(0x00))
-- print(number.tobitstring(0xFF))
-- print(number.tobitstring(46260767936,4))

local t = {
    "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0",
    "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0",
    "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0",
    "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0",
}

function number.tobitstring(b,m,w)
    if not w then
        w = 32
    end
    local n = w
    for i=0,w-1 do
        local v = (b>>i) & 0x1 -- bextract(b,i)
        local k = w - i
        if v == 1 then
            n = k
            t[k] = "1"
        else
            t[k] = "0"
        end
    end
    if w then
        return concat(t,"",1,w)
    elseif m then
        m = 33 - m * 8
        if m < 1 then
            m = 1
        end
        return concat(t,"",1,m)
    elseif n < 8 then
        return concat(t)
    elseif n < 16 then
        return concat(t,"",9)
    elseif n < 24 then
        return concat(t,"",17)
    else
        return concat(t,"",25)
    end
end

function number.valid(str,default)
    return tonumber(str) or default or nil
end

function number.toevenhex(n)
    local s = format("%X",n)
    if #s % 2 == 0 then
        return s
    else
        return "0" .. s
    end
end

function number.bytetodecimal(b)
    local d = floor(b * 100 / 255 + 0.5)
    if d > 100 then
        return 100
    elseif d < -100 then
        return -100
    else
        return d
    end
end

function number.decimaltobyte(d)
    local b = floor(d * 255 / 100 + 0.5)
    if b > 255 then
        return 255
    elseif b < -255 then
        return -255
    else
        return b
    end
end

function number.idiv(i,d)
    return i // d
end