From 1efd9a7163da0dd3e114b9a9c87326fb4e286125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Sung <51686767+samwhosung@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:41:47 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] Lua bindings coerce numbers, flags and colours as 1.12.1 does
 (#991)
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Lua bindings now read their arguments the way the 1.12.1 client does:

- Numeric strings parse as Storm's `SStrToInt` (`0x64ac60`) and `SStrToFloat` (`0x64aaa0`). That covers channel keys, `GetNumber` and `item:` fields.
- Flag arguments go through `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`) with each site's default. That is about 40 bindings, `SetChecked()` and `ShowHelm()` among them.
- Colour channels take numeric strings (`lua_tonumber`), and alphas are `isnumber`-gated: no raise, 1.0 by default. A three-argument `SetVertexColor` keeps the current alpha (`0x79ae0a`). So action-bar rings dimmed by a drag stay dimmed, as in 1.12.1.
- `SetTexture("1")` takes the colour form. MessageFrame channels follow `0x795590`.
- `LoggingChat`/`LoggingCombat` return the flag.

Binding-level tests use the reference's values.

Fixes #135
Fixes #144
Fixes #160
Fixes #161

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../src/ui_script/multibar_stance_tests.rs    |  30 +-
 .../src/ui_script/spellbook_tests.rs          |   5 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/action.rs        |  19 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/binding_abi.rs   | 199 +++++++-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/button.rs        |  63 +--
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/channel.rs       |  18 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/chat_misc.rs     |  57 ++-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/chat_window.rs   | 115 +++--
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/colorselect.rs   |   6 +-
 .../benilla-ui/src/script/editbox/methods.rs  |  14 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/editbox/tests.rs |  79 +++
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/follow.rs        |  10 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/font.rs          |  27 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/font_block.rs    |  22 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/guild.rs         |  37 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/item_stats.rs    |  44 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/macros.rs        |  26 +-
 .../benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/mod.rs |  11 +
 .../src/script/messageframe/plain.rs          |  33 +-
 .../src/script/messageframe/scrolling.rs      |  57 +--
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object.rs        |  33 +-
 .../src/script/object/frame_state.rs          |  23 +-
 .../benilla-ui/src/script/object/movable.rs   |  13 +-
 .../benilla-ui/src/script/object/toplevel.rs  |  12 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/party.rs         |  12 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/region/paint.rs  | 101 ++--
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/region/text.rs   |  13 +-
 .../benilla-ui/src/script/simplehtml/mod.rs   |   3 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/social.rs        |  14 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/statusbar.rs     |  12 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/button.rs  |  59 +++
 .../src/script/tests/colour_args.rs           | 338 +++++++++++++
 .../benilla-ui/src/script/tests/flag_args.rs  | 449 ++++++++++++++++++
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/mod.rs     |   2 +
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip/mod.rs   |  51 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip/verbs.rs |  33 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/bindings.rs |   7 +-
 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/worn_display.rs  |  54 ++-
 38 files changed, 1599 insertions(+), 502 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/colour_args.rs
 create mode 100644 crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/flag_args.rs

diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/multibar_stance_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/multibar_stance_tests.rs
index 41a55340..d8216634 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/multibar_stance_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/multibar_stance_tests.rs
@@ -840,9 +840,16 @@ fn a_held_payload_ghosts_the_empty_wells_it_opens() {
     let occupied = ring_alphas(&s, quickslot2);
     assert_eq!(occupied, vec![0.5], "the occupied ring ghosts too");
 
-    // Filling a ghosted well runs `ActionButton_UpdateUsable` (ActionButton.lua:269-283), whose
-    // three-argument `SetVertexColor(1, 1, 1)` sets alpha 1.0 in this engine; the reference keeps
-    // the region's alpha (`0x79abd0`), which would leave this ring dim.
+    // Filling a ghosted well runs `ActionButton_Update` (ActionButton.lua:162, 170). Its
+    // `SetNormalTexture(path)` (`0x781960` -> `0x781970`) reuses the XML-defined region in
+    // `[button + 4*state + 0x4b8]` (`0x778f10`) and sets only its file through `0x770200`, which
+    // writes `[tex+0xcc]` and `[tex+0x128]` and redraws (`0x77fdf0`); the colour array
+    // (`+0xa4/+0xa8/+0xb4/+0xb8`) is written by `0x77f750` alone, whose callers are the Lua
+    // colour setters and the XML loader, none a button state change. Then
+    // `ActionButton_UpdateUsable` (:274-275, :281) calls the three-argument
+    // `SetVertexColor(1, 1, 1)`, which keeps the region's alpha (`0x79abd0` re-tests the alpha
+    // gate at `0x79adfe` and copies the old byte back at `0x79ae0a`). So the filled well's ring
+    // stays at the grid's 0.5 like the occupied one.
     s.set_action(
         2,
         Some(ActionSlot {
@@ -857,9 +864,8 @@ fn a_held_payload_ghosts_the_empty_wells_it_opens() {
     s.resolve();
     assert_eq!(
         ring_alphas(&s, quickslot2),
-        vec![0.5, 1.0],
-        "the well that got an action is opaque again (its Update ran UpdateUsable); the other \
-         occupied ring keeps its ghost, payload still held"
+        vec![0.5, 0.5],
+        "the filled well's UpdateUsable keeps the ghost alpha, as the occupied ring's does"
     );
 
     s.fire_event("ACTIONBAR_HIDEGRID", vec![]);
@@ -868,12 +874,14 @@ fn a_held_payload_ghosts_the_empty_wells_it_opens() {
     let after = ring_alphas(&s, quickslot2);
     assert_eq!(
         after,
-        vec![0.5, 1.0],
-        "HideGrid touches no colour: a ring the grid ghosted stays dim past the payload — the \
-         reference's own rule (ours used to clear it here)"
+        vec![0.5, 0.5],
+        "HideGrid touches no colour (ActionButton.lua:251-258): every ring the grid ghosted stays \
+         dim past the payload"
     );
-    // The ghosted ring's next `ActionButton_UpdateUsable` is not asserted: this engine resets its
-    // alpha to 1.0, the reference keeps 0.5 (`0x79abd0`).
+    // A later `ActionButton_UpdateUsable` (a target change fires it) keeps the dim alpha too.
+    s.fire_event("PLAYER_TARGET_CHANGED", vec![]);
+    s.resolve();
+    assert_eq!(ring_alphas(&s, quickslot2), vec![0.5, 0.5]);
     assert!(s.errors().is_empty(), "script errors: {:?}", s.errors());
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/spellbook_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/spellbook_tests.rs
index 29d7808a..2a9f0acb 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/spellbook_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/spellbook_tests.rs
@@ -346,7 +346,10 @@ fn set_checked_uses_blizzard_bool_coercion() {
         ("\"false\"", false),
         ("\"1\"", true),
         ("\"0\"", false),
-        ("\"junk\"", false),
+        // An unknown first byte takes the default, 1 (`0x6f1c81`-`0x6f1cdc`).
+        ("\"junk\"", true),
+        ("\"off\"", false),
+        ("", true),
     ] {
         let got = s
             .eval::<bool>(&format!(
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/action.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/action.rs
index 8e08e734..f3facdfe 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/action.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/action.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 use mlua::{Lua, MultiValue, Value};
 
-use super::binding_abi::flag;
+use super::binding_abi::{bool_or_default, flag};
 use super::Model;
 
 /// The kind byte, bits 24-31 of the packed slot word (vmangos `Player.h:133`). Must match
@@ -137,17 +137,6 @@ impl super::UiScript {
     }
 }
 
-/// `UseAction`'s flag test: `nil`, `false` and `0` are false, unlike Lua, where `0` is true.
-pub(super) fn truthy_nonzero(v: &Value) -> bool {
-    match v {
-        Value::Nil => false,
-        Value::Boolean(b) => *b,
-        Value::Integer(i) => *i != 0,
-        Value::Number(n) => *n != 0.0,
-        _ => true,
-    }
-}
-
 /// Register the action globals.
 pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     let g = lua.globals();
@@ -253,9 +242,9 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         "UseAction",
         lua.create_function(|lua, (action, rest): (u32, MultiValue)| {
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
-            let mut rest = rest.iter();
-            let check_cursor = rest.next().is_some_and(truthy_nonzero);
-            let on_self = rest.next().is_some_and(truthy_nonzero);
+            // Both flags go through `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x4e717e`, `0x4e716f`), default 0.
+            let check_cursor = bool_or_default(rest.front(), false);
+            let on_self = bool_or_default(rest.get(1), false);
             if check_cursor && model.cursor.is_some() {
                 super::cursor::place_action(&mut model, action);
             } else {
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/binding_abi.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/binding_abi.rs
index 14c8a867..c1783ec3 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/binding_abi.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/binding_abi.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,118 @@ fn trim_g(s: &str) -> &str {
     s.trim_end_matches('0').trim_end_matches('.')
 }
 
+/// Storm's `SStrToInt` (`0x64ac60`): an optional leading `-` (and no `+`), then the decimal digits
+/// up to the first other byte, with no whitespace skip; none is 0. The accumulator is a 32-bit
+/// register that wraps (`0x64ac98`-`0x64aca5`) and `neg` wraps too, so `"4294967297"` is 1.
+/// `RemoveChatWindowChannel` and `LeaveChannelByName` key on it (`0x49e880`), and the `item:` link
+/// fields and `SStrToFloat`'s exponent read it.
+pub(crate) fn s_str_to_int(s: &str) -> i64 {
+    let b = s.as_bytes();
+    let (neg, mut i) = match b.first() {
+        Some(b'-') => (true, 1),
+        _ => (false, 0),
+    };
+    let mut n: i32 = 0;
+    while let Some(&c) = b.get(i) {
+        if !c.is_ascii_digit() {
+            break;
+        }
+        n = n.wrapping_mul(10).wrapping_add(i32::from(c - b'0'));
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    i64::from(if neg { n.wrapping_neg() } else { n })
+}
+
+/// Storm's `SStrToFloat` (`0x64aaa0`), which `EditBox:GetNumber` (`0x798790`) pushes: a prefix
+/// parse that stops at the first byte outside its grammar and skips no whitespace, evaluated with
+/// the x87 at 53-bit precision (`_PC_53`), so every operation below rounds as an `f64` does.
+///
+/// - an optional `-` (no `+`)
+/// - the integer digits, which may be none (`".5"`, `"-"`), summed in chunks: a 32-bit register
+///   takes digits until it reaches `0x19999999` (`0x64ab19`), then `value = value * 10^n + chunk`
+///   (`0x64ab21`-`0x64ab48`) and a new chunk starts
+/// - a `.` is consumed whether or not a digit follows it (`0x64ab9f`: `esi` is advanced before the
+///   test), so `"5.e3"` is 5000; each fraction digit `d` at place `k` (0 for the first) then adds
+///   the table term `d * 10^-(k+1)` (`0x64abe4`, table `0xc52560` built at `0x64a680`; past place
+///   19 the same product is formed on the spot, `0x64abbb`-`0x64abda`), so `"0.12"` is
+///   `0.1 + 0.02` = 0.12000000000000001
+/// - `e` or `E`, an optional `+`, then [`s_str_to_int`] of what follows scales the value by
+///   `pow(10, exp)` (`0x64ac13`-`0x64ac40`): `"1e"` is 1, `"1e+-2"` is 0.01, and the wrapped
+///   exponent means `"1e4294967297"` is 10
+///
+/// Deviation: `pow(10, n)` is the platform's, where the reference's (`0x73f940`, `fyl2x`) rounds
+/// its extended-precision steps at 53 bits, so a power or a fraction term can differ in the last
+/// place. The reference also keeps the product `value * 10^exp` in the x87's wider exponent range
+/// until it is stored, so an exponent past +-308 against a value that pulls it back in range
+/// (`"0.000...1e320"`) is reached here only by scaling in steps of 300 digits, which rounds more
+/// often; `"0e999"` is 0 as there, and only an exponent past +-4932 makes 0 * inf, NaN.
+pub(crate) fn s_str_to_float(s: &str) -> f64 {
+    let b = s.as_bytes();
+    let at = |i: usize| b.get(i).copied().unwrap_or(0);
+    let neg = at(0) == b'-';
+    let mut i = usize::from(neg);
+    let mut value = 0.0f64;
+    let (mut chunk, mut count) = (0u32, 0i32);
+    while at(i).is_ascii_digit() {
+        chunk = chunk * 10 + u32::from(at(i) - b'0');
+        count += 1;
+        i += 1;
+        if chunk >= 0x1999_9999 {
+            value = value * 10f64.powf(f64::from(count)) + f64::from(chunk);
+            (chunk, count) = (0, 0);
+        }
+    }
+    value = value * 10f64.powf(f64::from(count)) + f64::from(chunk);
+    if at(i) == b'.' {
+        i += 1;
+        let mut place = 1.0;
+        while at(i).is_ascii_digit() {
+            value += f64::from(at(i) - b'0') * 10f64.powf(-place);
+            place += 1.0;
+            i += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    if matches!(at(i), b'e' | b'E') {
+        i += 1;
+        if at(i) == b'+' {
+            i += 1;
+        }
+        value = scale_by_pow10(value, s_str_to_int(&s[i..]) as i32);
+    }
+    if neg {
+        -value
+    } else {
+        value
+    }
+}
+
+/// `value * pow(10, exp)` as the x87 forms it: the power keeps the extended exponent range until
+/// the product is stored as a double (see [`s_str_to_float`]).
+fn scale_by_pow10(value: f64, exp: i32) -> f64 {
+    let p = 10f64.powf(f64::from(exp));
+    if p.is_finite() && p != 0.0 {
+        return value * p;
+    }
+    if value == 0.0 || !value.is_finite() {
+        // 0 * a finite extended power is 0; the power overflows the extended range only past 4932.
+        return if exp > 4932 || !value.is_finite() {
+            value * p
+        } else {
+            value * 0.0
+        };
+    }
+    let mut v = value;
+    let mut left = exp;
+    while left.abs() > 300 {
+        v *= 10f64.powf(f64::from(300 * left.signum()));
+        left -= 300 * left.signum();
+        if v == 0.0 || v.is_infinite() {
+            return v;
+        }
+    }
+    v * 10f64.powf(f64::from(left))
+}
+
 /// `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`, jump table `0x6f1ce8`), the reference's boolean argument
 /// coercion, which is not Lua truthiness:
 ///
@@ -176,9 +288,10 @@ pub(crate) fn bool_or_default(v: Option<&Value>, default: bool) -> bool {
         Value::Nil => false,
         Value::Boolean(b) => *b,
         Value::LightUserData(_) => default,
-        // Truncated like `0x40a2b0`, testing only the low dword.
+        // Truncated like `0x40a2b0` ([`ftol`]), which keeps only the low dword: 2^32 reads 0, and
+        // an infinity or NaN too.
         Value::Integer(i) => (*i as i32) != 0,
-        Value::Number(n) => (*n as i64 as i32) != 0,
+        Value::Number(n) => ftol(*n) != 0,
         Value::String(s) => {
             let bytes = s.as_bytes();
             match bytes.first() {
@@ -227,6 +340,75 @@ mod tests {
         Lua::new()
     }
 
+    /// `SStrToInt` (`0x64ac60`): an optional `-`, digits, nothing skipped, a 32-bit wrap.
+    #[test]
+    fn s_str_to_int_is_the_references_atoi() {
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_int("2589"), 2589);
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_int("-5"), -5);
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_int(""), 0);
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_int("abc"), 0);
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_int(" 12"), 0, "no leading-whitespace skip");
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_int("+12"), 0, "no unary plus");
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_int("12abc"), 12, "stops at the first non-digit");
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_int("-"), 0);
+        assert_eq!(
+            s_str_to_int("2147483648"),
+            -2_147_483_648,
+            "the register wraps"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_int("4294967297"), 1);
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_int("-4294967297"), -1);
+    }
+
+    /// `SStrToFloat` (`0x64aaa0`): the grammar's quirks, each read off the bytes.
+    #[test]
+    fn s_str_to_float_is_the_references_prefix_parse() {
+        for (text, want) in [
+            ("12", 12.0),
+            ("12abc", 12.0),
+            ("-12.5x", -12.5),
+            (" 12", 0.0),
+            ("+12", 0.0),
+            ("inf", 0.0),
+            ("1e", 1.0),
+            ("1e3", 1000.0),
+            ("1E+3", 1000.0),
+            ("1e-2", 0.01),
+            ("1e+-2", 0.01),
+            ("1e3.5", 1000.0),
+            (".5", 0.5),
+            ("-.5", -0.5),
+            ("5.", 5.0),
+            ("5.e2", 500.0),
+            ("5.5.5", 5.5),
+            ("e5", 0.0),
+            ("0x1f", 0.0),
+            ("1234567890123", 1_234_567_890_123.0),
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(s_str_to_float(text), want, "{text:?}");
+        }
+        // The fraction is a sum of per-digit table terms, not one correctly rounded parse.
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_float("0.12"), 0.1 + 0.02);
+        assert_ne!(s_str_to_float("0.12"), 0.12);
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_float("1.5"), 1.5);
+        // The exponent is `SStrToInt`'s 32-bit wrap.
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_float("1e4294967297"), 10.0);
+        // The integer part sums in chunks of up to ten digits.
+        assert_eq!(
+            s_str_to_float("12345678901234567890"),
+            (1_234_567_890.0 * 1e10) + 1_234_567_890.0
+        );
+        // The product keeps the x87's wide exponent until it is stored.
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_float("0e999"), 0.0);
+        assert!(
+            s_str_to_float("0e5000").is_nan(),
+            "0 * inf past the extended range"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_float("1e-999"), 0.0);
+        assert_eq!(s_str_to_float("1e999"), f64::INFINITY);
+        assert!(s_str_to_float("-").is_sign_negative(), "'-' alone is -0");
+    }
+
     /// `_ftol`'s low dword: chopped toward zero, wrapped to 32 bits, and 0 for whatever the qword
     /// `fistp` cannot hold.
     #[test]
@@ -260,6 +442,19 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!bool_or_default(Some(&Value::Number(-0.999)), true));
         assert!(bool_or_default(Some(&Value::Number(1.5)), false));
         assert!(bool_or_default(Some(&Value::Number(-1.5)), false));
+        // Only the low dword of the truncation counts (`0x40a2b0`): 2^32 reads 0, and so does an
+        // infinity or NaN, which the `fistp` stores as the integer indefinite.
+        assert!(!bool_or_default(
+            Some(&Value::Number(4_294_967_296.0)),
+            true
+        ));
+        assert!(bool_or_default(
+            Some(&Value::Number(4_294_967_297.0)),
+            false
+        ));
+        for n in [f64::INFINITY, f64::NEG_INFINITY, f64::NAN, 9.3e18] {
+            assert!(!bool_or_default(Some(&Value::Number(n)), true), "{n}");
+        }
         assert!(!bool_or_default(Some(&Value::Integer(0)), true));
         assert!(bool_or_default(Some(&Value::Integer(7)), false));
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/button.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/button.rs
index e3602cbe..450cc8e0 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/button.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/button.rs
@@ -757,16 +757,15 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     m.set(
         "SetTextColor",
         lua.create_function(
-            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Option<f32>)| {
+            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Value)| {
+                let a = super::object::alpha_f32(lua, &a);
                 // Shape C on the channels (`Button:SetTextColor 0x780ee0`, `2=C 3=C 4=C 5=B`).
                 let (r, g, b) = (
-                    super::object::as_f32(&r),
-                    super::object::as_f32(&g),
-                    super::object::as_f32(&b),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &r),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &g),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &b),
                 );
-                with_button(lua, &this, |bs| {
-                    bs.normal_color = Some([r, g, b, a.unwrap_or(1.0)])
-                })
+                with_button(lua, &this, |bs| bs.normal_color = Some([r, g, b, a]))
             },
         )?,
     )?;
@@ -790,32 +789,30 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     m.set(
         "SetHighlightTextColor",
         lua.create_function(
-            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Option<f32>)| {
+            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Value)| {
+                let a = super::object::alpha_f32(lua, &a);
                 // Shape C on the channels (`Button:SetTextColor 0x780ee0`, `2=C 3=C 4=C 5=B`).
                 let (r, g, b) = (
-                    super::object::as_f32(&r),
-                    super::object::as_f32(&g),
-                    super::object::as_f32(&b),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &r),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &g),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &b),
                 );
-                with_button(lua, &this, |bs| {
-                    bs.highlight_color = Some([r, g, b, a.unwrap_or(1.0)])
-                })
+                with_button(lua, &this, |bs| bs.highlight_color = Some([r, g, b, a]))
             },
         )?,
     )?;
     m.set(
         "SetDisabledTextColor",
         lua.create_function(
-            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Option<f32>)| {
+            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Value)| {
+                let a = super::object::alpha_f32(lua, &a);
                 // Shape C on the channels (`Button:SetTextColor 0x780ee0`, `2=C 3=C 4=C 5=B`).
                 let (r, g, b) = (
-                    super::object::as_f32(&r),
-                    super::object::as_f32(&g),
-                    super::object::as_f32(&b),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &r),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &g),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &b),
                 );
-                with_button(lua, &this, |bs| {
-                    bs.disabled_color = Some([r, g, b, a.unwrap_or(1.0)])
-                })
+                with_button(lua, &this, |bs| bs.disabled_color = Some([r, g, b, a]))
             },
         )?,
     )?;
@@ -928,24 +925,12 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     texture_pair(lua, &c, "DisabledChecked", Slot::DisabledChecked)?;
     c.set(
         "SetChecked",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, v): (Table, Value)| {
-            // `SetChecked` (`0x799bf0`) reads its argument through `0x6f1c10` with default 1
-            // (`0x799c77`), not Lua truthiness: a number truncates toward zero (`0x40a2b0`), so
-            // `SetChecked(0)` unchecks, and the stock UI passes `"true"`/`"false"`
-            // (`SpellBookFrame.lua:296-303`). Here a missing argument unchecks and a string checks
-            // only as `"true"` or a nonzero number, where the reference checks for a missing one
-            // and reads a string by its first byte, so `"yes"` checks there.
-            let checked = match v {
-                Value::Boolean(b) => b,
-                Value::Integer(i) => i != 0,
-                Value::Number(n) => n.trunc() != 0.0,
-                Value::String(s) => s.to_str().ok().is_some_and(|s| {
-                    let t = s.trim();
-                    t.eq_ignore_ascii_case("true")
-                        || t.parse::<f64>().is_ok_and(|n| n.trunc() != 0.0)
-                }),
-                _ => false,
-            };
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
+            // `SetChecked` (`0x799bf0`) reads its argument through `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`)
+            // with default 1 (`0x799c77`), not Lua truthiness: no argument, `""`, a table or
+            // `"yes"` check, `nil`, `0` and `"0"` uncheck. The stock UI passes `"true"`/`"false"`
+            // (`SpellBookFrame.lua:296-303`).
+            let checked = super::binding_abi::bool_or_default(args.front(), true);
             with_button_shown(lua, &this, |bs| bs.refresh_checked(checked, false))
         })?,
     )?;
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/channel.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/channel.rs
index 650f2f0b..af5a3ce5 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/channel.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/channel.rs
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
                     .to_string(),
                 _ => return Err(mlua::Error::runtime(r#"Usage: LeaveChannelByName("name")"#)),
             };
-            if super::chat_window::leading_int(&key) != 0 {
+            if super::binding_abi::s_str_to_int(&key) != 0 {
                 push(lua, ChannelCommand::Leave { name: key });
                 return Ok(());
             }
@@ -711,6 +711,22 @@ mod command_tests {
             "…and strips no window: a slot name never equals a window entry"
         );
 
+        // `SStrToInt` takes no `+`: "+2" is a channel name, so its window entry is stripped, which
+        // the numeric leg (a slot, never a window entry) does not do.
+        s.run("AddChatWindowChannel(1, '+2')").unwrap();
+        s.take_channel_commands();
+        s.take_chat_window_changes();
+        s.run("LeaveChannelByName('+2')").unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            !s.chat_window_looks()[0]
+                .channels
+                .iter()
+                .any(|(c, _)| c == "+2"),
+            "a '+'-prefixed key is a name"
+        );
+        s.take_channel_commands();
+        s.take_chat_window_changes();
+
         s.run("LeaveChannelByName('general')").unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             s.take_channel_commands(),
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/chat_misc.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/chat_misc.rs
index e82dd107..10086f29 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/chat_misc.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/chat_misc.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 use mlua::{Lua, MultiValue, Value};
 
+use super::binding_abi::bool_or_default;
 use super::Model;
 
 /// `DoEmote(token [, target])`: the `EmotesText.dbc` name token (`"WAVE"`, not `/wave`) and an
@@ -31,17 +32,6 @@ fn to_u32(v: &Value) -> u32 {
     }
 }
 
-fn flag_arg(v: Option<Value>) -> Option<bool> {
-    match v {
-        None | Some(Value::Nil) => None,
-        Some(Value::Boolean(b)) => Some(b),
-        Some(Value::Integer(n)) => Some(n != 0),
-        Some(Value::Number(n)) => Some(n != 0.0),
-        Some(Value::String(s)) => Some(s.to_str().is_ok_and(|s| s != "0" && !s.is_empty())),
-        Some(_) => Some(true),
-    }
-}
-
 impl super::UiScript {
     /// `DoEmote` calls since the last drain.
     pub fn take_emote_requests(&mut self) -> Vec<EmoteRequest> {
@@ -167,27 +157,30 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     for (name, chat) in [("LoggingChat", true), ("LoggingCombat", false)] {
         g.set(
             name,
-            lua.create_function(move |lua, flag: Option<Value>| {
+            lua.create_function(move |lua, args: MultiValue| {
                 let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
-                let slot = if chat {
-                    &mut model.logging_chat
-                } else {
-                    &mut model.logging_combat
-                };
-                match flag_arg(flag) {
-                    None => Ok(MultiValue::from_vec(vec![if *slot {
-                        Value::Integer(1)
+                // With an argument (`lua_gettop > 0`, `0x49fe57`) the flag is set from
+                // `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x49fe69`, default 1), so an explicit nil clears it. Both
+                // paths then answer the flag as it stands, 1 or nil, one value (`0x49feb2`-`0x49fee1`):
+                // the reference re-reads it after the log-open attempt, which can clear it
+                // (`0x49feab`); the app owns that attempt here.
+                if let Some(on) = args.front().map(|v| bool_or_default(Some(v), true)) {
+                    let slot = if chat {
+                        &mut model.logging_chat
                     } else {
-                        Value::Nil
-                    }])),
-                    Some(on) => {
-                        if *slot != on {
-                            *slot = on;
-                            model.logging_changed = true;
-                        }
-                        Ok(MultiValue::new())
+                        &mut model.logging_combat
+                    };
+                    if *slot != on {
+                        *slot = on;
+                        model.logging_changed = true;
                     }
                 }
+                let now = if chat {
+                    model.logging_chat
+                } else {
+                    model.logging_combat
+                };
+                Ok(if now { Value::Integer(1) } else { Value::Nil })
             })?,
         )?;
     }
@@ -289,8 +282,8 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(s.eval::<bool>("return LoggingCombat() == nil").unwrap());
         assert_eq!(
             s.arity("LoggingChat(true)").unwrap(),
-            0,
-            "the setter returns nothing"
+            1,
+            "the setter answers the flag too (`0x49fed3`)"
         );
         assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return LoggingChat()").unwrap(), 1);
         assert_eq!(s.logging_flags(), (true, false));
@@ -303,5 +296,9 @@ mod tests {
             !s.take_logging_changes(),
             "a write that moves nothing cues nothing"
         );
+        // The setter answers the flag it leaves: 1 or nil, one value either way.
+        assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return LoggingChat(true)").unwrap(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(s.arity("LoggingChat(nil)").unwrap(), 1);
+        assert!(s.eval::<bool>("return LoggingChat(nil) == nil").unwrap());
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/chat_window.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/chat_window.rs
index 297e605e..d4b6ba58 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/chat_window.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/chat_window.rs
@@ -205,28 +205,6 @@ impl ChatWindowLook {
     }
 }
 
-/// The leading decimal integer after optional whitespace and a sign, 0 when there is none. The
-/// reference's `SStrToInt` (`0x64ac60`) takes neither the whitespace nor a `+`.
-pub(super) fn leading_int(s: &str) -> i64 {
-    let s = s.trim_start();
-    let (neg, digits) = match s.strip_prefix('-') {
-        Some(rest) => (true, rest),
-        None => (false, s.strip_prefix('+').unwrap_or(s)),
-    };
-    let n: i64 = digits
-        .chars()
-        .take_while(|c| c.is_ascii_digit())
-        .fold(0i64, |acc, c| {
-            acc.saturating_mul(10)
-                .saturating_add(i64::from(c as u8 - b'0'))
-        });
-    if neg {
-        -n
-    } else {
-        n
-    }
-}
-
 /// The byte `__ftol(x · 255.0)` stores, clamped (the module's deviation); non-finite stores 0.
 fn to_byte(x: f64) -> u8 {
     if !x.is_finite() {
@@ -407,11 +385,12 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
 
     // SetChatWindowLocked(id, isLocked) (`0x4a1650`): the record's `+0x8c` (`0x4a16a2`), 1 at
     // boot (`0x4984e4`). A `bool` holds it, as the cache writer stores it through `setne`
-    // (`0x499e8b`). The argument is Lua truthiness, where the reference coerces through `0x6f1c10`
-    // (default 0): `0` and "off" unlock there and lock here. FrameXML passes only 1 and nil.
+    // (`0x499e8b`). The argument goes through `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x4a1697`, default 0), so `0`
+    // and "off" unlock and "yes" locks. FrameXML passes only 1 and nil.
     lua.globals().set(
         "SetChatWindowLocked",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (id, locked): (i64, bool)| {
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (id, locked): (i64, Option<Value>)| {
+            let locked = crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default(locked.as_ref(), false);
             let i = window_index(id)?;
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
             let look = &mut model.chat_window_looks[i];
@@ -513,31 +492,13 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         })?,
     )?;
 
-    // SetChatWindowShown(id [, shown]): `+0x94` through the flag coercion `0x6f1c10`, default 1.
-    // No argument stores 1; nil, false, 0, "0", "off" and "disabled" store 0. The reference also
-    // stores 0 for a string opening F or N ("false", "no"), which stores 1 here.
+    // SetChatWindowShown(id [, shown]): `+0x94` (`0x4a1782`) through `GetBoolOrDefault`
+    // (`0x4a1777`) with default 1: no argument stores 1; nil, false, `0`, "0", "off", "disabled"
+    // and anything opening F or N ("false", "no") store 0.
     lua.globals().set(
         "SetChatWindowShown",
         lua.create_function(|lua, (id, rest): (i64, MultiValue)| {
-            let shown = match rest.front() {
-                None => true,
-                Some(Value::Nil) | Some(Value::Boolean(false)) => false,
-                Some(Value::Boolean(true)) => true,
-                Some(Value::Integer(n)) => *n != 0,
-                Some(Value::Number(n)) => n.is_finite() && n.trunc() != 0.0,
-                Some(Value::String(s)) => {
-                    let s = s
-                        .to_str()
-                        .map(|s| s.trim().to_ascii_lowercase())
-                        .unwrap_or_default();
-                    if s.starts_with(|c: char| c.is_ascii_digit() || c == '-') {
-                        leading_int(&s) != 0
-                    } else {
-                        !(s == "off" || s == "disabled")
-                    }
-                }
-                Some(_) => true,
-            };
+            let shown = crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default(rest.front(), true);
             with_look(lua, id, |look| look.shown = shown)
         })?,
     )?;
@@ -620,7 +581,7 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     )?;
 
     // RemoveChatWindowChannel(id, name | n) (`0x4a1260`): a numeric key names the joined channel
-    // in slot n, and an empty slot removes nothing; the key then resolves to its DBC Shortcut as
+    // in slot n, and an empty slot or a negative number removes nothing; the key then resolves to its DBC Shortcut as
     // above, and the entry of that name is freed.
     lua.globals().set(
         "RemoveChatWindowChannel",
@@ -630,8 +591,12 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
             };
             let key = {
                 let model = lua.app_data_ref::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
-                let n = leading_int(&key);
-                let key = if n > 0 {
+                let n = crate::script::binding_abi::s_str_to_int(&key);
+                // `0x49e880`: a non-zero `SStrToInt` names a joined slot, and `0x49be50` answers
+                // NULL below slot 1, so `"-1"` removes nothing (`0x4a12c9`); a zero keeps the
+                // string raw, untrimmed, for the case-insensitive compares (`0x4a1315`,
+                // `0x4a1359`).
+                let key = if n != 0 {
                     match usize::try_from(n)
                         .ok()
                         .and_then(|n| model.joined_channels.get(n - 1))
@@ -641,7 +606,7 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
                         None => return Ok(()),
                     }
                 } else {
-                    key.trim().to_string()
+                    key
                 };
                 match model
                     .zone_channel_catalog
@@ -1062,6 +1027,54 @@ mod record_tests {
         assert_eq!(s.take_chat_window_changes(), vec![0]);
     }
 
+    /// A channel key is `SStrToInt` (`0x64ac60`, through `0x49e880`): an optional `-` and digits,
+    /// with no whitespace skip and no `+`, so only a plain number names a joined slot.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_channel_key_is_a_slot_only_as_sstrtoint_reads_it() {
+        let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
+        s.set_joined_channels(vec![Some("MyChan".into())]);
+        s.run("AddChatWindowChannel(1, 'MyChan')").unwrap();
+        for key in ["+1", " 1", "x1"] {
+            s.run(&format!("RemoveChatWindowChannel(1, {key:?})"))
+                .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(
+                s.chat_window_looks()[0].channels,
+                vec![("MyChan".to_string(), 0)],
+                "{key:?} is a name, not slot 1"
+            );
+        }
+        // A negative number is a slot too (non-zero, `0x49e889`) and no slot is below 1.
+        s.run("AddChatWindowChannel(1, '-1')").unwrap();
+        s.run("RemoveChatWindowChannel(1, '-1')").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.chat_window_looks()[0].channels,
+            vec![("MyChan".to_string(), 0), ("-1".to_string(), 0)],
+            "'-1' removes nothing"
+        );
+        // A name is raw: the blanks around it are part of it.
+        s.set_chat_window_looks([(
+            4,
+            ChatWindowLook {
+                channels: vec![(" pad ".into(), 0)],
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        )]);
+        s.run("RemoveChatWindowChannel(5, 'pad')").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.chat_window_looks()[4].channels.len(),
+            1,
+            "'pad' is not ' pad '"
+        );
+        s.run("RemoveChatWindowChannel(5, ' pad ')").unwrap();
+        assert!(s.chat_window_looks()[4].channels.is_empty());
+        s.run("RemoveChatWindowChannel(1, '1abc')").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.chat_window_looks()[0].channels,
+            vec![("-1".to_string(), 0)],
+            "'1abc' reads 1 and frees the channel joined in slot 1"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn a_host_loaded_record_is_what_the_verbs_read() {
         let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/colorselect.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/colorselect.rs
index 9fedd46c..0e65e84f 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/colorselect.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/colorselect.rs
@@ -239,9 +239,9 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         // Shape C on r, g, b (`ColorSelect:SetColorRGB 0x78eae0`, `2=C 3=C 4=C 5=B`).
         lua.create_function(|lua, (this, r, g, b): (Table, Value, Value, Value)| {
             let (r, g, b) = (
-                crate::script::object::as_f64(&r),
-                crate::script::object::as_f64(&g),
-                crate::script::object::as_f64(&b),
+                crate::script::object::tonumber_f64(lua, &r),
+                crate::script::object::tonumber_f64(lua, &g),
+                crate::script::object::tonumber_f64(lua, &b),
             );
             // Store through the client's quantizer, then fire with what the widget now holds: the
             // round-tripped values, identical to the next `GetColorRGB`, not the raw arguments.
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/editbox/methods.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/editbox/methods.rs
index 7f9fa1da..93dce53b 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/editbox/methods.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/editbox/methods.rs
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ pub(in crate::script) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
             Ok(())
         })?,
     )?;
-    // GetNumber: the real text as a number, else 0. The reference (`0x798790`) is atof, which also
-    // reads the leading number of a text like "12abc".
+    // GetNumber (`0x798790`): the real text through Storm's `SStrToFloat` (`0x64aaa0`), a prefix
+    // parse, so "12abc" is 12 and " 12", "+12" and "inf" are 0.
     m.set(
         "GetNumber",
         lua.create_function(|lua, this: Table| {
             let text = with_editbox(lua, &this, |eb| eb.text.clone())?;
-            Ok(text.trim().parse::<f64>().unwrap_or(0.0))
+            Ok(crate::script::binding_abi::s_str_to_float(&text))
         })?,
     )?;
     // Insert: a nil is a no-op, not an error, since the reference reads the argument through
@@ -293,8 +293,10 @@ pub(in crate::script) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         let refresh_text = name == "SetMultiLine";
         m.set(
             name,
-            lua.create_function(move |lua, (this, v): (Table, Value)| {
-                let on = !matches!(v, Value::Nil | Value::Boolean(false));
+            lua.create_function(move |lua, (this, args): (Table, mlua::MultiValue)| {
+                // `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`) with default 1 (`0x797d1e`, `0x797e8e`,
+                // `0x797ffe`, `0x79816e`): a bare call enables, `"0"` and `nil` disable.
+                let on = crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default(args.front(), true);
                 with_editbox(lua, &this, |eb| set(eb, on))?;
                 if refresh_text {
                     // A multi-line box seats its text TOP and as tall as the text, a single-line
@@ -372,7 +374,7 @@ fn install_font_block(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
 /// A `Set<Flag>` method name and the field write it drives.
 type FlagSetter = (&'static str, fn(&mut EditBoxState, bool));
 
-/// The four config-flag setters, each taking Lua truthiness.
+/// The four config-flag setters, each reading its flag with `GetBoolOrDefault`.
 fn flag_setters() -> [FlagSetter; 4] {
     [
         ("SetAutoFocus", |eb, on| eb.auto_focus = on),
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/editbox/tests.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/editbox/tests.rs
index a49078b0..95c56ddf 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/editbox/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/editbox/tests.rs
@@ -656,6 +656,85 @@ fn get_number_parses_the_text() {
     assert_eq!(s.eval::<f64>("return E:GetNumber()").unwrap(), 0.0);
 }
 
+/// `GetNumber` pushes `SStrToFloat` of the text (`0x798790` → `0x64aaa0`): a prefix parse with no
+/// whitespace skip and no `+`.
+#[test]
+fn get_number_is_the_references_prefix_parse() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"E = CreateFrame("EditBox", "E")"#).unwrap();
+    for (text, want) in [
+        ("12abc", 12.0),
+        (" 12", 0.0),
+        ("+12", 0.0),
+        ("inf", 0.0),
+        ("nan", 0.0),
+        ("-12.5x", -12.5),
+        (".5", 0.5),
+        ("5.", 5.0),
+        ("1e3", 1000.0),
+        ("1E+2", 100.0),
+        ("0x10", 0.0),
+        ("", 0.0),
+    ] {
+        s.run(&format!("E:SetText({text:?})")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.eval::<f64>("return E:GetNumber()").unwrap(),
+            want,
+            "{text:?}"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+/// The four config flags are `GetBoolOrDefault` reads with default 1 (`0x797d1e`, `0x797e8e`,
+/// `0x797ffe`, `0x79816e`): a bare call enables, nil, `"0"` and `"no"` disable.
+#[test]
+fn editbox_flag_setters_read_get_bool_or_default_with_default_one() {
+    use crate::script::object::frame_handle_of;
+    use crate::widget::EditBoxState;
+    type Pick = fn(&EditBoxState) -> bool;
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"E = CreateFrame("EditBox", "E")"#).unwrap();
+    let state = |pick: Pick| {
+        let t: mlua::Table = s.lua().globals().get("E").unwrap();
+        let h = frame_handle_of(s.lua(), &t).unwrap();
+        super::with_eb(s.lua(), h, |eb| pick(eb)).unwrap()
+    };
+    for (set, pick) in [
+        ("SetAutoFocus", (|eb| eb.auto_focus) as Pick),
+        ("SetNumeric", |eb| eb.numeric),
+        ("SetPassword", |eb| eb.password),
+        ("SetMultiLine", |eb| eb.multi_line),
+    ] {
+        let put = |arg: &str| s.run(&format!("E:{set}({arg})")).unwrap();
+        put("true");
+        put("false");
+        put("");
+        assert!(state(pick), "{set}: no argument takes the default 1");
+        for (arg, want) in [
+            ("nil", false),
+            ("true", true),
+            ("false", false),
+            ("0", false),
+            ("0.5", false),
+            ("1", true),
+            ("2^32", false),
+            (r#""0""#, false),
+            (r#""1""#, true),
+            (r#""no""#, false),
+            (r#""yes""#, true),
+            (r#""off""#, false),
+            (r#""on""#, true),
+            (r#""""#, true),
+            ("{}", true),
+        ] {
+            put(if want { "false" } else { "true" });
+            assert_eq!(state(pick), !want, "{set}: setup");
+            put(arg);
+            assert_eq!(state(pick), want, "{set}({arg})");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // ── the generic OnChar and OnKeyDown ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/follow.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/follow.rs
index 4fc33bbf..dafdd82f 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/follow.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/follow.rs
@@ -43,14 +43,8 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     g.set(
         "FollowByName",
         lua.create_function(|lua, (name, exact): (String, Option<mlua::Value>)| {
-            // The reference reads this with `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`), default false; here
-            // nil, false and 0 are false and any other value is true.
-            let exact = match exact {
-                None | Some(mlua::Value::Nil) | Some(mlua::Value::Boolean(false)) => false,
-                Some(mlua::Value::Integer(n)) => n != 0,
-                Some(mlua::Value::Number(n)) => n != 0.0,
-                Some(_) => true,
-            };
+            // `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`, `0x489f14`) with default false.
+            let exact = super::binding_abi::bool_or_default(exact.as_ref(), false);
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
             model
                 .follow_requests
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/font.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/font.rs
index 12634e57..f8e99695 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/font.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/font.rs
@@ -285,16 +285,16 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     m.set(
         "SetTextColor",
         lua.create_function(
-            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Option<f32>)| {
+            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Value)| {
+                let a = super::object::alpha_f32(lua, &a);
                 let (r, g, b) = (
-                    super::object::as_f32(&r),
-                    super::object::as_f32(&g),
-                    super::object::as_f32(&b),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &r),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &g),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &b),
                 );
-                edit(lua, &this, |fo| {
-                    let keep = fo.color.map_or(1.0, |c| c[3]);
-                    fo.color = Some([r, g, b, a.unwrap_or(keep)]);
-                })
+                // Alpha is staged 1.0 (`0x79f59b`) and never read back, so a bare colour call
+                // resets it.
+                edit(lua, &this, |fo| fo.color = Some([r, g, b, a]))
             },
         )?,
     )?;
@@ -326,17 +326,18 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         "SetShadowColor",
         lua.create_function(
             // Shape C on r, g, b (`Font:SetShadowColor 0x79f730`): never raises.
-            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Option<f32>)| {
+            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Value)| {
+                let a = super::object::alpha_f32(lua, &a);
                 let (r, g, b) = (
-                    crate::script::object::as_f32(&r),
-                    crate::script::object::as_f32(&g),
-                    crate::script::object::as_f32(&b),
+                    crate::script::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &r),
+                    crate::script::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &g),
+                    crate::script::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &b),
                 );
                 edit(lua, &this, |fo| {
                     let offset = fo.shadow.map_or([0.0, 0.0], |s| s.offset);
                     fo.shadow = Some(FontShadow {
                         offset,
-                        color: [r, g, b, a.unwrap_or(1.0)],
+                        color: [r, g, b, a],
                     });
                 })
             },
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/font_block.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/font_block.rs
index b08e83cd..98a3749f 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/font_block.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/font_block.rs
@@ -314,16 +314,17 @@ pub(super) fn install(
     m.set(
         "SetTextColor",
         lua.create_function(
-            move |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Option<f32>)| {
+            move |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Value)| {
+                let a = super::object::alpha_f32(lua, &a);
                 let (r, g, b) = (
-                    super::object::as_f32(&r),
-                    super::object::as_f32(&g),
-                    super::object::as_f32(&b),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &r),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &g),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &b),
                 );
                 let rh = resolve(lua, &this)?;
                 let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model");
                 let d = model.region_data.entry(rh).or_default();
-                d.vertex_color = Some([r, g, b, a.unwrap_or(1.0)]);
+                d.vertex_color = Some([r, g, b, a]);
                 // Clears the colour inherit bit (`0x79dbd0`): it survives a font-object repaint.
                 d.font_explicit.color = true;
                 Ok(())
@@ -353,11 +354,12 @@ pub(super) fn install(
         "SetShadowColor",
         lua.create_function(
             // r, g and b are a bare `lua_tonumber` (`0x79dd40`), as in `SetTextColor`.
-            move |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Option<f32>)| {
+            move |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Value)| {
+                let a = super::object::alpha_f32(lua, &a);
                 let (r, g, b) = (
-                    super::object::as_f32(&r),
-                    super::object::as_f32(&g),
-                    super::object::as_f32(&b),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &r),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &g),
+                    super::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &b),
                 );
                 let rh = resolve(lua, &this)?;
                 let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model");
@@ -365,7 +367,7 @@ pub(super) fn install(
                 let offset = d.font_shadow.map_or([0.0, 0.0], |s| s.offset);
                 d.font_shadow = Some(FontShadow {
                     offset,
-                    color: [r, g, b, a.unwrap_or(1.0)],
+                    color: [r, g, b, a],
                 });
                 d.font_explicit.shadow = true;
                 Ok(())
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/guild.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/guild.rs
index ff8f9ab4..2ead233b 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/guild.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/guild.rs
@@ -247,18 +247,6 @@ fn member_at(roster: &[GuildMemberInfo], index: i64) -> Option<&GuildMemberInfo>
         .and_then(|i| roster.get(i))
 }
 
-/// A flag argument: `nil`, `false` and `0` are off, anything else on. The reference reads both
-/// flags with `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`, `binding_abi::bool_or_default`), which differs on
-/// strings and fractions; the FrameXML's checkbox states, `1` or `nil`, read the same in both.
-fn truthy(value: &Value) -> bool {
-    match value {
-        Value::Nil | Value::Boolean(false) => false,
-        Value::Integer(0) => false,
-        Value::Number(n) => *n != 0.0,
-        _ => true,
-    }
-}
-
 /// Whether the player's own rank holds right `index`, 1-based into [`RANK_RIGHT_BITS`].
 fn has_right(model: &Model, index: usize) -> bool {
     model.guild.in_guild && model.guild.rights & RANK_RIGHT_BITS[index - 1] != 0
@@ -335,12 +323,17 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     )?;
 
     // ── The roster ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    // GetNumGuildMembers() (`0x4d1190`): the loop bound (`FriendsFrame.lua:446`), which respects
-    // show-offline, not the addressable range (`GuildState::num_members`).
+    // GetNumGuildMembers([includeOffline]) (`0x4d1190`): the loop bound (`FriendsFrame.lua:446`),
+    // which respects show-offline, not the addressable range (`GuildState::num_members`).
     g.set(
         "GetNumGuildMembers",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, ()| {
+        lua.create_function(|lua, args: MultiValue| {
             let model = lua.app_data_ref::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
+            // The flag is `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x4d11a0`, default 0): a set one counts the whole
+            // roster (`[0xb73118]`) whatever show-offline says, else the loop bound.
+            if binding_abi::bool_or_default(args.front(), false) {
+                return Ok(model.guild.roster.len() as i64);
+            }
             Ok(model.guild.num_members as i64)
         })?,
     )?;
@@ -438,14 +431,12 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
             Ok(binding_abi::flag(model.guild.show_offline))
         })?,
     )?;
-    // With no argument it turns show-offline on, unlike an explicit `nil`, hence `MultiValue`.
+    // `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x4d1e17`) with default 1: no argument turns show-offline on, unlike an
+    // explicit `nil`, hence `MultiValue`.
     g.set(
         "SetGuildRosterShowOffline",
         lua.create_function(|lua, args: MultiValue| {
-            let on = match args.into_iter().next() {
-                None => true,
-                Some(flag) => truthy(&flag),
-            };
+            let on = binding_abi::bool_or_default(args.front(), true);
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
             model.guild.show_offline = on;
             model.guild_requests.push(GuildRequest::SetShowOffline(on));
@@ -653,7 +644,7 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     // GuildControlSetRankFlag(index, enabled) (`0x4d2070`): stage one checkbox, 1 to 13.
     g.set(
         "GuildControlSetRankFlag",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (index, enabled): (i64, Value)| {
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (index, enabled): (i64, Option<Value>)| {
             let Some(slot) = usize::try_from(index)
                 .ok()
                 .and_then(|i| i.checked_sub(1))
@@ -662,7 +653,9 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
                 return Ok(());
             };
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
-            model.guild_control.staged[slot] = truthy(&enabled);
+            // `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x4d20b7`), default 0.
+            model.guild_control.staged[slot] =
+                binding_abi::bool_or_default(enabled.as_ref(), false);
             Ok(())
         })?,
     )?;
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/item_stats.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/item_stats.rs
index bc78124e..b2898abe 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/item_stats.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/item_stats.rs
@@ -315,33 +315,6 @@ fn equip_loc_token(inventory_type: u32) -> &'static str {
     TOKENS.get(inventory_type as usize).copied().unwrap_or("")
 }
 
-/// The reference's `SStrToInt` (`0x64ac60`) over an `item:` field: an optional `-`, then digits up
-/// to the first non-digit, with no whitespace skip and no `+`. Deviation: an overflow saturates at
-/// `u32::MAX` where the reference wraps, because only a script can overflow it.
-fn reference_atoi(s: &str) -> i64 {
-    let b = s.as_bytes();
-    let (neg, mut i) = match b.first() {
-        Some(b'-') => (true, 1),
-        _ => (false, 0),
-    };
-    let mut n: i64 = 0;
-    while let Some(&c) = b.get(i) {
-        if !c.is_ascii_digit() {
-            break;
-        }
-        n = n
-            .saturating_mul(10)
-            .saturating_add(i64::from(c - b'0'))
-            .min(i64::from(u32::MAX));
-        i += 1;
-    }
-    if neg {
-        -n
-    } else {
-        n
-    }
-}
-
 /// `GetItemInfo`'s argument as the reference parses it (`0x48e0a3`-`0x48e16d`): a number, or a
 /// string `lua_isnumber` (`0x6f34d0`) coerces, is the id alone; another string (`0x6f3510`) must
 /// pass `strnicmp(s, "item:", 5)` (`0x64a4c0`) for its four fields, else it is id 0, so a name or
@@ -372,7 +345,9 @@ fn parse_item_arg(v: &Value) -> mlua::Result<(i64, u32, u32, u32)> {
     else {
         return Ok((0, 0, 0, 0));
     };
-    let mut fields = rest.splitn(4, ':').map(reference_atoi);
+    let mut fields = rest
+        .splitn(4, ':')
+        .map(crate::script::binding_abi::s_str_to_int);
     let id = fields.next().unwrap_or(0);
     let mut next = || u32::try_from(fields.next().unwrap_or(0)).unwrap_or(0);
     Ok((id, next(), next(), next()))
@@ -577,7 +552,7 @@ mod tests {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod get_item_info_tests {
-    use super::{equip_loc_token, reference_atoi, ItemTemplateView};
+    use super::{equip_loc_token, ItemTemplateView};
     use crate::script::UiScript;
 
     /// Worn Shortsword, item 25, as vmangos `item_template` holds it (item level 2).
@@ -806,17 +781,6 @@ mod get_item_info_tests {
         assert_eq!(equip_loc_token(29), "", "the array's trailing \"\"");
         assert_eq!(equip_loc_token(9999), "", "past the array");
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn the_field_parser_is_the_references_atoi() {
-        assert_eq!(reference_atoi("2589"), 2589);
-        assert_eq!(reference_atoi("-5"), -5);
-        assert_eq!(reference_atoi(""), 0);
-        assert_eq!(reference_atoi("abc"), 0);
-        assert_eq!(reference_atoi(" 12"), 0, "no leading-whitespace skip");
-        assert_eq!(reference_atoi("+12"), 0, "no unary plus");
-        assert_eq!(reference_atoi("12abc"), 12, "stops at the first non-digit");
-    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/macros.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/macros.rs
index 4ecef239..b7984b3e 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/macros.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/macros.rs
@@ -204,16 +204,17 @@ fn create_macro(
     Some(MacroIndex { per_character, pos }.lua_index())
 }
 
-/// `EditMacro(index, name, icon, body, local)`: an omitted argument leaves its field alone, since
-/// the stock UI calls it with disjoint halves, `(sel, name, icon)` from the rename popup and
-/// `(sel, nil, nil, text)` from `MacroFrame_SaveMacro`.
+/// `EditMacro(index, name, icon, body, local)`: an omitted name, icon or body leaves its field
+/// alone, since the stock UI calls it with disjoint halves, `(sel, name, icon)` from the rename
+/// popup and `(sel, nil, nil, text)` from `MacroFrame_SaveMacro`. The `local` flag is always
+/// written (`0x4f12dc`, `[macro+0x20]`), so an omitted one clears it.
 fn edit_macro(
     model: &mut Model,
     index: usize,
     name: Option<String>,
     texture: Option<Option<String>>,
     body: Option<String>,
-    local_only: Option<bool>,
+    local_only: bool,
 ) -> Option<usize> {
     let at = MacroIndex::split(index)?;
     let entry = model.macros.list_mut(at.per_character).get_mut(at.pos)?;
@@ -230,9 +231,7 @@ fn edit_macro(
     if let Some(body) = body {
         entry.body = clamp_chars(&body, MAX_MACRO_BODY);
     }
-    if let Some(local_only) = local_only {
-        entry.local_only = local_only;
-    }
+    entry.local_only = local_only;
     model.macros_dirty = true;
     model.macros_generation += 1;
     Some(index)
@@ -280,11 +279,11 @@ fn opt_string(v: Option<&Value>) -> Option<String> {
     }
 }
 
-/// The `local` and `perCharacter` flags: `nil`, `false` and `0` are false, as in `UseAction`. The
-/// reference reads them with `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`), which also takes `"0"` and any
-/// number that truncates to 0 as false; the stock popup passes a Lua boolean and never `local`.
+/// The `local` and `perCharacter` flags: `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`) with default 0
+/// (`CreateMacro` `0x4f167b`, `0x4f168a`; `EditMacro` `0x4f19ad`), so `"0"` and `0.5` are false and
+/// `"yes"` true. The stock popup passes a Lua boolean and never `local`.
 fn flag(v: Option<&Value>) -> bool {
-    v.is_some_and(super::action::truthy_nonzero)
+    super::binding_abi::bool_or_default(v, false)
 }
 
 /// Register the macro globals.
@@ -393,10 +392,7 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
             };
             let name = opt_string(a.get(1));
             let body = opt_string(a.get(3));
-            let local_only = match a.get(4) {
-                None | Some(Value::Nil) => None,
-                other => Some(flag(other)),
-            };
+            let local_only = flag(a.get(4));
             Ok(
                 match edit_macro(&mut model, index, name, texture, body, local_only) {
                     Some(i) => Value::Integer(i as i64),
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/mod.rs
index 8c1856a7..162f23d8 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/mod.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ pub(super) fn update(model: &mut Model, h: FrameHandle, elapsed: f32) {
     }
 }
 
+/// `lua_isnumber` (`0x6f34d0`) then `lua_tonumber` (`0x6f3620`): a number, or a string Lua reads
+/// as one. The message-frame verbs gate every colour channel and id on it.
+pub(super) fn is_number(lua: &mlua::Lua, v: &mlua::Value) -> Option<f64> {
+    lua.coerce_number(v.clone()).ok().flatten()
+}
+
+/// A channel the verb has already gated with [`is_number`], as the `f32` it stores.
+pub(super) fn channel(lua: &mlua::Lua, v: &mlua::Value) -> f32 {
+    is_number(lua, v).map_or(0.0, |n| n as f32)
+}
+
 /// `AddMessage`'s text; `None` means the whole call does nothing, no line and no error. Both
 /// bindings (`0x795590`, `0x792900`) jump to their epilogue (`0x79582b`, `0x792b81`) when
 /// `lua_isstring` (`0x6f3510`) fails, `lua_tostring` (`0x6f3690`) gives NULL or the string is empty
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/plain.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/plain.rs
index c3d9926c..bbd92994 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/plain.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/plain.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 //! there and forces alpha opaque. `SetInsertMode` and `GetInsertMode` (`0x794ed0`, `0x794ff0`)
 //! exist on this class only.
 
-use mlua::{Lua, Table, Value};
+use mlua::{Lua, MultiValue, Table, Value};
 
+use super::{channel, is_number};
 use crate::script::object::frame_handle_of;
 use crate::script::Model;
 use crate::widget::{InsertMode, KindState, MessageFrameState};
@@ -33,15 +34,6 @@ fn with_mf<T>(
     }
 }
 
-/// A colour argument as f32, 0 for anything but a number.
-fn num_f32(v: &Value) -> f32 {
-    match v {
-        Value::Number(n) => *n as f32,
-        Value::Integer(i) => *i as f32,
-        _ => 0.0,
-    }
-}
-
 pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     let m = lua.create_table()?;
 
@@ -60,18 +52,18 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
                 let Some(text) = super::message_text(lua, &text) else {
                     return Ok(());
                 };
-                let has_rgb = !matches!(
-                    (&r, &g, &b),
-                    (Value::Nil, _, _) | (_, Value::Nil, _) | (_, _, Value::Nil)
-                );
+                // Each of r, g and b is `lua_isnumber`-gated (`0x79565f`-`0x795687`) and the trio is
+                // all or nothing; a failed gate still adds the line, in white (`0x79581c`).
+                let has_rgb = [&r, &g, &b].iter().all(|v| is_number(lua, v).is_some());
                 let (r, g, b) = if has_rgb {
-                    (num_f32(&r), num_f32(&g), num_f32(&b))
+                    (channel(lua, &r), channel(lua, &g), channel(lua, &b))
                 } else {
                     (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
                 };
-                // The alpha counts only with the trio, read in the same parse.
-                let a = match (&a, has_rgb) {
-                    (Value::Number(_) | Value::Integer(_), true) => num_f32(&a),
+                // The alpha is its own `lua_isnumber` gate (`0x795759`), default 1.0, read with
+                // the trio.
+                let a = match (is_number(lua, &a), has_rgb) {
+                    (Some(n), true) => n as f32,
                     _ => 1.0,
                 };
                 with_mf(lua, &this, |mf| mf.add(text, r, g, b, a))
@@ -116,8 +108,9 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     // The fade accessors, as on the scrolling class; XML's `displayDuration` is `TimeVisible`.
     m.set(
         "SetFading",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, on): (Table, Value)| {
-            let on = !matches!(on, Value::Nil | Value::Boolean(false));
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
+            // `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`, `0x7950d0`) with default 1: a bare call enables.
+            let on = crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default(args.front(), true);
             with_mf(lua, &this, |mf| mf.fading_enabled = on)
         })?,
     )?;
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/scrolling.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/scrolling.rs
index 6861f97d..2b58b443 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/scrolling.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/messageframe/scrolling.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 //! every scroll call re-arming the displayed lines' fade (`0x788b80` when refused at an end,
 //! `0x788af0` when it moves), which is what brings a faded chat back.
 
-use mlua::{Lua, Table, Value};
+use mlua::{Lua, MultiValue, Table, Value};
 
+use super::{channel, is_number};
 use crate::script::object::frame_handle_of;
 use crate::script::{Model, UiScript};
 use crate::widget::{KindState, ScrollingMessageState};
@@ -33,24 +34,6 @@ fn with_smf<T>(
     }
 }
 
-/// `lua_isnumber`: a number or a numeric string. The rgb presence test is three of these.
-fn is_number(v: &Value) -> bool {
-    match v {
-        Value::Integer(_) | Value::Number(_) => true,
-        Value::String(s) => s.to_str().is_ok_and(|s| s.trim().parse::<f64>().is_ok()),
-        _ => false,
-    }
-}
-
-/// A colour argument as f32, 0 for anything but a number.
-fn num_f32(v: &Value) -> f32 {
-    match v {
-        Value::Number(n) => *n as f32,
-        Value::Integer(i) => *i as f32,
-        _ => 0.0,
-    }
-}
-
 /// Run a scroll call with the viewport's row count, which every scroll needs: each re-arms the
 /// fade of the lines on display ([`ScrollingMessageState::reset_all_fade_times`]).
 fn scroll(
@@ -94,15 +77,13 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
                 let Some(text) = super::message_text(lua, &text) else {
                     return Ok(());
                 };
-                let has_rgb = is_number(&r) && is_number(&g) && is_number(&b);
-                // The chat-type index (`ChatFrame.lua` passes `info.id`), stack index 6 or 3.
-                let id = match if has_rgb { &id } else { &r } {
-                    Value::Integer(i) => u32::try_from(*i).unwrap_or(0),
-                    Value::Number(n) if n.is_finite() && *n >= 0.0 => *n as u32,
-                    _ => 0,
-                };
+                let has_rgb = [&r, &g, &b].iter().all(|v| is_number(lua, v).is_some());
+                // The chat-type index (`ChatFrame.lua` passes `info.id`), stack index 6 or 3, a
+                // `lua_isnumber`-gated `_ftol` (`0x792b1b`, `0x792b4f`); 0 when the gate fails.
+                let id = is_number(lua, if has_rgb { &id } else { &r })
+                    .map_or(0, |n| crate::script::binding_abi::ftol(n) as u32);
                 let (r, g, b) = if has_rgb {
-                    (num_f32(&r), num_f32(&g), num_f32(&b))
+                    (channel(lua, &r), channel(lua, &g), channel(lua, &b))
                 } else {
                     (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
                 };
@@ -117,12 +98,17 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         "UpdateColorByID",
         lua.create_function(
             |lua, (this, id, r, g, b): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Value)| {
-                let id = match &id {
-                    Value::Integer(i) => u32::try_from(*i).unwrap_or(0),
-                    Value::Number(n) if n.is_finite() && *n >= 0.0 => *n as u32,
-                    _ => return Ok(()),
-                };
-                let (r, g, b) = (num_f32(&r), num_f32(&g), num_f32(&b));
+                // All four arguments are `lua_isnumber`-gated (`0x793345`-`0x793388`); any failure
+                // is a silent no-op, and the id is an `_ftol` (`0x7933a1`).
+                if ![&id, &r, &g, &b]
+                    .iter()
+                    .all(|v| is_number(lua, v).is_some())
+                {
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
+                let id =
+                    crate::script::binding_abi::ftol(is_number(lua, &id).unwrap_or(0.0)) as u32;
+                let (r, g, b) = (channel(lua, &r), channel(lua, &g), channel(lua, &b));
                 with_smf(lua, &this, |smf| {
                     smf.update_color_by_id(id, r, g, b);
                 })
@@ -195,8 +181,9 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
 
     m.set(
         "SetFading",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, on): (Table, Value)| {
-            let on = !matches!(on, Value::Nil | Value::Boolean(false));
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
+            // `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`, `0x7939a0`) with default 1: a bare call enables.
+            let on = crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default(args.front(), true);
             with_smf(lua, &this, |smf| smf.fading_enabled = on)
         })?,
     )?;
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object.rs
index 06729f85..49bf2737 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object.rs
@@ -334,23 +334,26 @@ fn frame_type(s: &str) -> Option<FrameType> {
     Some(FrameType { kind, factory })
 }
 
-/// A Lua number-ish → f32 (nil/other → 0.0), for offset/color args.
-pub(super) fn as_f32(v: &Value) -> f32 {
-    match v {
-        Value::Number(n) => *n as f32,
-        Value::Integer(i) => *i as f32,
-        _ => 0.0,
-    }
+/// A colour or coordinate argument by the reference's bare `lua_tonumber` (`0x6f3620`): a number,
+/// or a string `luaO_str2d` (`0x6f5900`) reads as one, and 0.0 for anything else, with no type gate
+/// and no raise. [`super::binding_abi::coerced_number`] narrowed to the `f32` the widgets store.
+pub(super) fn tonumber_f32(lua: &Lua, v: &Value) -> f32 {
+    super::binding_abi::coerced_number(lua, Some(v.clone())) as f32
 }
 
-/// [`as_f32`] in `f64`, for `ColorSelect:SetColorRGB`, whose quantizer an `f32` detour could push
-/// across a rounding boundary.
-pub(super) fn as_f64(v: &Value) -> f64 {
-    match v {
-        Value::Number(n) => *n,
-        Value::Integer(i) => *i as f64,
-        _ => 0.0,
-    }
+/// A colour's alpha argument: `lua_isnumber`-gated (`0x781037`, `0x79f5a2`, ...), so a numeric
+/// string counts and anything else, a table or boolean included, stages 1.0 without raising.
+pub(super) fn alpha_f32(lua: &Lua, v: &Value) -> f32 {
+    lua.coerce_number(v.clone())
+        .ok()
+        .flatten()
+        .map_or(1.0, |n| n as f32)
+}
+
+/// [`tonumber_f32`] in `f64`, for `ColorSelect:SetColorRGB`, whose quantizer an `f32` detour could
+/// push across a rounding boundary.
+pub(super) fn tonumber_f64(lua: &Lua, v: &Value) -> f64 {
+    super::binding_abi::coerced_number(lua, Some(v.clone()))
 }
 
 // ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object/frame_state.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object/frame_state.rs
index 7c44713d..f72326a7 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object/frame_state.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object/frame_state.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 //! Frame methods: visibility, hierarchy, strata, level, scale, alpha, backdrop and input flags.
 
-use mlua::{Lua, Table, Value};
+use mlua::{Lua, MultiValue, Table, Value};
+
+use crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default;
 
 use crate::script::region_map::{set_shared, Side};
 
@@ -578,7 +580,8 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     // Mouse interaction: `EnableMouse` gates hit-testing.
     m.set(
         "EnableMouse",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, enable): (Table, bool)| {
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
+            let enable = bool_or_default(args.front(), true); // `0x7770fe`
             let h = frame_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
             visibility::set_mouse_enabled(lua, h, enable);
             Ok(())
@@ -598,7 +601,8 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     // (`script::keyboard`), separate from having a handler (`0x76af00`).
     m.set(
         "EnableKeyboard",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, enable): (Table, bool)| {
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
+            let enable = bool_or_default(args.front(), true); // `0x776f4e`
             let h = frame_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
             lua.app_data_mut::<Model>()
                 .expect("model")
@@ -647,7 +651,8 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     // in the reference, and the one the wheel hit test gates on.
     m.set(
         "EnableMouseWheel",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, enable): (Table, bool)| {
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
+            let enable = bool_or_default(args.front(), true); // `0x77727e`
             let h = frame_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
             lua.app_data_mut::<Model>()
                 .expect("model")
@@ -670,7 +675,8 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     // frame's rect inside the window, size preserved.
     m.set(
         "SetClampedToScreen",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, clamp): (Table, bool)| {
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
+            let clamp = bool_or_default(args.front(), true); // `0x776c8e`
             let h = frame_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model");
             let changed = model.arena.is_clamped_to_screen(h) != clamp;
@@ -726,10 +732,9 @@ fn backdrop_from_table(t: &Table) -> mlua::Result<Backdrop> {
     if let Ok(Value::String(s)) = t.get::<Value>("edgeFile") {
         bd.edge_file = Some(s.to_str()?.to_string());
     }
-    bd.tile = !matches!(
-        t.get::<Value>("tile").unwrap_or(Value::Nil),
-        Value::Nil | Value::Boolean(false)
-    );
+    // `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x7778a3`) with default 0 on the `tile` key's value, so `tile = "0"`
+    // and `tile = 0` are off and `tile = "yes"` is on.
+    bd.tile = bool_or_default(Some(&t.get::<Value>("tile").unwrap_or(Value::Nil)), false);
     if let Ok(Value::Number(n)) = t.get::<Value>("tileSize") {
         bd.tile_size = n as f32;
     } else if let Ok(Value::Integer(n)) = t.get::<Value>("tileSize") {
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object/movable.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object/movable.rs
index 975fca9c..a6cd1031 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object/movable.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object/movable.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use mlua::{Lua, MultiValue, Table, Value};
 
 use crate::layout::{Anchor, Anchors, Point};
+use crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default;
 use crate::script::{Model, UiScript, SCREEN};
 use crate::widget::FrameHandle;
 
@@ -37,10 +38,12 @@ pub(crate) struct FrameMove {
 /// Populate `m`'s movable and resizable methods.
 pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     // SetMovable / IsMovable (`0x776420`/`0x7764d0`): a pure flag write, so clearing it mid-drag
-    // stops nothing. The argument is Lua truthiness, as the reference's `toboolean`.
+    // stops nothing. The argument goes through `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`) with default 1
+    // (`0x7764ae`), as every flag setter of the Frame table does.
     m.set(
         "SetMovable",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, flag): (Table, bool)| {
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
+            let flag = bool_or_default(args.front(), true);
             set_flag(lua, &this, Flag::Movable, flag)
         })?,
     )?;
@@ -51,7 +54,8 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     // SetResizable / IsResizable (`0x776590`/`0x776640`): the same pure flag write.
     m.set(
         "SetResizable",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, flag): (Table, bool)| {
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
+            let flag = bool_or_default(args.front(), true); // `0x77661e`
             set_flag(lua, &this, Flag::Resizable, flag)
         })?,
     )?;
@@ -132,7 +136,8 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     // nor resizable (`0x776adb`).
     m.set(
         "SetUserPlaced",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, flag): (Table, bool)| {
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
+            let flag = bool_or_default(args.front(), true); // `0x776b29`
             let h = frame_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model");
             let ok = model
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object/toplevel.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object/toplevel.rs
index b6072abb..4efd49fb 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object/toplevel.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/object/toplevel.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 //! per-tick pass that keeps it (`0x7657d0`). The wired triggers are `Raise` (`0x775b0a`), Show
 //! (`0x76aeec`), drag start (`0x7652d7`) and mouse-down (`0x766392`).
 
-use mlua::{Lua, Table, Value};
+use mlua::{Lua, MultiValue, Table};
 
 use crate::layout::Rect;
 use crate::script::{Model, UiScript};
@@ -25,14 +25,12 @@ use super::frame_handle_of;
 
 /// Populate `m`'s toplevel and raise methods.
 pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
-    // SetToplevel's argument is optional and defaults to true (`0x775440`), unlike `SetMovable`'s.
+    // SetToplevel's argument goes through `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`) with default 1
+    // (`0x775440`, `0x7754ce`): a bare call sets it, an explicit nil clears it.
     m.set(
         "SetToplevel",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, flag): (Table, Option<Value>)| {
-            let on = match flag {
-                None => true,
-                Some(v) => !matches!(v, Value::Nil | Value::Boolean(false)),
-            };
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
+            let on = crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default(args.front(), true);
             let h = frame_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
             lua.app_data_mut::<Model>()
                 .expect("model")
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/party.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/party.rs
index 808bbc57..d8fee7b5 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/party.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/party.rs
@@ -625,12 +625,12 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
             Ok(())
         })?,
     )?;
-    // ConfirmReadyCheck(ready) reads its argument as truth: the reference's No button passes no
-    // argument, Yes passes `1`.
+    // ConfirmReadyCheck(ready) (`0x4bc090`) reads its argument through `GetBoolOrDefault`
+    // (`0x4bc0ad`) with default 0: the reference's No button passes no argument, Yes passes `1`.
     g.set(
         "ConfirmReadyCheck",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, ready: Value| {
-            let ready = !matches!(ready, Value::Nil | Value::Boolean(false));
+        lua.create_function(|lua, ready: Option<Value>| {
+            let ready = crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default(ready.as_ref(), false);
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
             model
                 .party_requests
@@ -1339,8 +1339,8 @@ mod tests {
                 PartyRequest::ReadyCheckAnswer(true),
                 PartyRequest::ReadyCheckAnswer(false),
                 PartyRequest::ReadyCheckAnswer(false),
-                // `0` is true in Lua.
-                PartyRequest::ReadyCheckAnswer(true),
+                // `0` truncates to 0 (`GetBoolOrDefault`, `0x4bc0ad`), where Lua calls it true.
+                PartyRequest::ReadyCheckAnswer(false),
             ]
         );
     }
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/region/paint.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/region/paint.rs
index 13c09d8b..18d9ef5f 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/region/paint.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/region/paint.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 use mlua::{Lua, MultiValue, Table, Value};
 
-use crate::script::object::{as_f32, draw_layer_from_str, draw_layer_name};
+use crate::script::object::{draw_layer_from_str, draw_layer_name, tonumber_f32};
 use crate::script::{BlendMode, Model, TexCoords};
 
 use super::region_handle_of;
@@ -36,18 +36,26 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     )?;
 
     // SetVertexColor (`0x79abd0`) reads r, g and b with a bare `lua_tonumber`, so nil or a table is
-    // 0 and never raises; stock `QuestLogFrame.lua:337` can pass three nils. A missing alpha is 1
-    // here; the reference keeps the region's current alpha (read back at `0x79ac81`, copied over
-    // at `0x79adfe`/`0x79ae0a`), so there a three-argument call cannot restore opacity.
+    // 0 and never raises; stock `QuestLogFrame.lua:337` can pass three nils. The alpha is staged
+    // 1.0 (`0x79ad43`) but re-tested at the end (`0x79adfe`): when it is not a `lua_isnumber` the
+    // colour read back at the start (`0x79ac81`) lends its alpha byte (`0x79ae0a`), so a
+    // three-argument call keeps the region's alpha. Stock `ActionButton_UpdateUsable`
+    // (`ActionButton.lua:274-281`) leans on it: a ring `ActionButton_ShowGrid` dimmed stays dim.
     m.set(
         "SetVertexColor",
         lua.create_function(
-            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Option<f32>)| {
-                let (r, g, b) = (as_f32(&r), as_f32(&g), as_f32(&b));
+            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Value)| {
+                let a = lua.coerce_number(a).ok().flatten().map(|n| n as f32);
+                let (r, g, b) = (
+                    tonumber_f32(lua, &r),
+                    tonumber_f32(lua, &g),
+                    tonumber_f32(lua, &b),
+                );
                 let rh = region_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
                 let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model");
                 let d = model.region_data.entry(rh).or_default();
-                d.vertex_color = Some([r, g, b, a.unwrap_or(1.0)]);
+                let kept = d.vertex_color.map_or(1.0, |c| c[3]);
+                d.vertex_color = Some([r, g, b, a.unwrap_or(kept)]);
                 // The slot `SetTextColor` writes on a FontString, so it overrides the font object.
                 d.font_explicit.color = true;
                 Ok(())
@@ -90,8 +98,21 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
                 };
                 let n = if with_alpha { 8 } else { 6 };
                 let mut c = [0.0f32; 8];
-                for slot in c.iter_mut().take(n) {
-                    *slot = it.next().as_ref().map(as_f32).unwrap_or(0.0);
+                for (i, slot) in c.iter_mut().take(n).enumerate() {
+                    let v = it.next();
+                    // Every channel is a bare `lua_tonumber` (`0x79aef3`-`0x79b083`, `0x79b242`-
+                    // `0x79b490`) except the two alphas, which are `lua_isnumber`-gated with
+                    // default 1 (`0x79b30d`, `0x79b480`).
+                    *slot = match v {
+                        Some(v) if with_alpha && matches!(i, 3 | 7) => lua
+                            .coerce_number(v)
+                            .ok()
+                            .flatten()
+                            .map_or(1.0, |n| n as f32),
+                        Some(v) => tonumber_f32(lua, &v),
+                        None if with_alpha && matches!(i, 3 | 7) => 1.0,
+                        None => 0.0,
+                    };
                 }
                 let (start, end) = if with_alpha {
                     ([c[0], c[1], c[2], c[3]], [c[4], c[5], c[6], c[7]])
@@ -121,6 +142,8 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         lua.create_function(
             |lua, (this, arg, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Value)| {
                 let rh = region_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
+                // `lua_isnumber` (`0x79bbd5`) picks the colour form, a numeric string included.
+                let colour_form = lua.coerce_number(arg.clone()).ok().flatten().is_some();
                 // Scoped so the model borrow ends before the layout touch; the path arm drops it
                 // mid-way to call the host probe.
                 let loaded = {
@@ -135,7 +158,6 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
                     // the colour form (`0x770360`) never writes it.
                     let same_path = matches!((&arg, &data.texture),
                     (Value::String(s), Some(cur)) if s.to_str().is_ok_and(|s| *s == **cur));
-                    let colour_form = matches!(&arg, Value::Number(_) | Value::Integer(_));
                     if !same_path && !colour_form {
                         data.desaturated = false;
                     }
@@ -143,6 +165,24 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
                     // each clears the other; neither touches the vertex colour (`+0xb8`), so a
                     // tint outlives its art.
                     let loaded = match &arg {
+                        // The colour form (`lua_isnumber`, `0x79bbd5`, so a numeric string too): g
+                        // and b are a bare `lua_tonumber`, and alpha is `lua_isnumber`-gated with
+                        // default 1.
+                        _ if colour_form => {
+                            let alpha = lua
+                                .coerce_number(a.clone())
+                                .ok()
+                                .flatten()
+                                .map_or(1.0, |n| n as f32);
+                            data.fill = Some([
+                                tonumber_f32(lua, &arg),
+                                tonumber_f32(lua, &g),
+                                tonumber_f32(lua, &b),
+                                alpha,
+                            ]);
+                            data.texture = None;
+                            true
+                        }
                         // "" clears, as nil does (stock `QuestLogFrame.lua:166`), and answers nil
                         // like a failed load; the reference's answer for "" is untraced.
                         Value::String(s) if s.to_str()?.is_empty() => {
@@ -172,23 +212,6 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
                             }
                             resolvable && had_probe
                         }
-                        // The colour form, the only one to read the trailing three; a non-number
-                        // there takes the default a missing one does.
-                        Value::Number(_) | Value::Integer(_) => {
-                            let chan = |v: &Value, dflt: f32| match v {
-                                Value::Number(_) | Value::Integer(_) => as_f32(v),
-                                Value::String(s) => s
-                                    .to_str()
-                                    .ok()
-                                    .and_then(|s| s.parse::<f32>().ok())
-                                    .unwrap_or(dflt),
-                                _ => dflt,
-                            };
-                            data.fill =
-                                Some([as_f32(&arg), chan(&g, 0.0), chan(&b, 0.0), chan(&a, 1.0)]);
-                            data.texture = None;
-                            true
-                        }
                         // nil clears, so the region draws nothing, and answers 1 (`0x79bb40`).
                         Value::Nil => {
                             data.texture = None;
@@ -213,10 +236,8 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
 
     // SetDesaturated(flag) (`0x79c1e0`), Texture only, answers shaderSupported, which stock
     // `ItemButtonTemplate.lua:69` reads to fall back to a grey tint; the renderer greys the texel,
-    // so this answers 1. The flag is `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`, default 1, jump table
-    // `0x6f1ce8`): no argument is on, hence the `MultiValue`, nil is off, a number truncating to 0
-    // is off (`0x6f3620`, `0x40a2b0`), and a table, function or userdata is on. Every string is on
-    // here; the reference's string arm (`0x6f1c51`, against `0x871460` and `0x853758`) is not.
+    // so this answers 1. The flag is `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`, default 1, `0x79c27e`): no
+    // argument is on, hence the `MultiValue`, nil is off, and a string goes by its first byte.
     m.set(
         "SetDesaturated",
         lua.create_function(|lua, args: MultiValue| {
@@ -225,14 +246,7 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
                 Some(Value::Table(t)) => t,
                 _ => return Ok(Value::Nil),
             };
-            let on = match args.next() {
-                None => true,
-                Some(Value::Nil) => false,
-                Some(Value::Boolean(b)) => b,
-                Some(Value::Integer(i)) => i != 0,
-                Some(Value::Number(n)) => n.trunc() != 0.0,
-                Some(_) => true,
-            };
+            let on = crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default(args.next().as_ref(), true);
             let rh = region_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model");
             model.region_data.entry(rh).or_default().desaturated = on;
@@ -312,11 +326,10 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     // flag makes `SetTexCoord` re-derive the rect from the UV quad (`0x770462`).
     m.set(
         "SetTexCoordModifiesRect",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, arg): (Table, Value)| {
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
             let rh = region_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
-            // `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`) with default 1 (`0x79c105`), but a missing argument
-            // arrives here as nil and reads false, where the reference sets the flag.
-            let on = crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default(Some(&arg), false);
+            // `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`) with default 1 (`0x79c10e`): a bare call sets it.
+            let on = crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default(args.front(), true);
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model");
             model
                 .region_data
@@ -397,7 +410,7 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         // Each coordinate is a bare `lua_tonumber` (`0x79beb0`), so nil or a table is 0; only the
         // count is gated, 4 or 8 (`0x79bf5d`).
         lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, mlua::Variadic<Value>)| {
-            let rest: Vec<f32> = args.iter().map(as_f32).collect();
+            let rest: Vec<f32> = args.iter().map(|v| tonumber_f32(lua, v)).collect();
             let rh = region_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
             let coords = match rest.len() {
                 4 => Some(TexCoords::Rect([rest[0], rest[1], rest[2], rest[3]])),
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/region/text.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/region/text.rs
index a4702874..ad112c25 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/region/text.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/region/text.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! The FontString-only methods: the string, its measured width, justification, non-space wrap and
 //! text height. The font block it shares with EditBox comes from [`crate::script::font_block`].
 
-use mlua::{Lua, Table, Value};
+use mlua::{Lua, MultiValue, Table, Value};
 
 use crate::justify;
 use crate::script::Model;
@@ -160,15 +160,12 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     )?;
 
     // SetNonSpaceWrap/CanNonSpaceWrap (`0x79e9f0`/`0x79ead0`), FontString only: the getter
-    // answers 1 or nil, and a call with no argument enables.
+    // answers 1 or nil. The flag is `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`, default 1, `0x79ea7e`): a call
+    // with no argument enables, an explicit nil disables.
     m.set(
         "SetNonSpaceWrap",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, enable): (Table, Value)| {
-            let on = match &enable {
-                Value::Nil => true,
-                Value::Boolean(b) => *b,
-                _ => true,
-            };
+        lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, MultiValue)| {
+            let on = crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default(args.front(), true);
             let rh = region_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model");
             model.region_data.entry(rh).or_default().non_space_wrap = Some(on);
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/simplehtml/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/simplehtml/mod.rs
index 0f0c4fa1..588841be 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/simplehtml/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/simplehtml/mod.rs
@@ -734,7 +734,8 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
             let raw = match &text {
                 // Bytes, lossily; never a raise.
                 Value::String(s) => s.to_string_lossy(),
-                Value::Number(_) | Value::Integer(_) => super::object::as_f32(&text).to_string(),
+                Value::Number(n) => (*n as f32).to_string(),
+                Value::Integer(i) => (*i as f32).to_string(),
                 _ => String::new(),
             };
             let h = html_handle(lua, &this)?;
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/social.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/social.rs
index 0e80379c..4f044536 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/social.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/social.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 use mlua::{Lua, Value};
 
-use super::binding_abi::string_arg;
+use super::binding_abi::{bool_or_default, string_arg};
 use super::who_sort::WhoSortChain;
 use super::Model;
 
@@ -434,16 +434,12 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         })?,
     )?;
 
-    // SetWhoToUI(flag): the Who frame passes 1 on show and 0 on hide; nil, false and 0 are off.
+    // SetWhoToUI(flag) (`0x5ad870`): the Who frame passes 1 on show and 0 on hide; the flag goes
+    // through `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x5ad877`) with default 0.
     g.set(
         "SetWhoToUI",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, flag: Value| {
-            let on = match flag {
-                Value::Nil | Value::Boolean(false) => false,
-                Value::Integer(0) => false,
-                Value::Number(n) => n != 0.0,
-                _ => true,
-            };
+        lua.create_function(|lua, flag: Option<Value>| {
+            let on = bool_or_default(flag.as_ref(), false);
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
             model.social_requests.push(SocialRequest::SetWhoToUi(on));
             Ok(())
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/statusbar.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/statusbar.rs
index e3d2aca5..225f7acb 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/statusbar.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/statusbar.rs
@@ -243,11 +243,12 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     m.set(
         "SetStatusBarColor",
         lua.create_function(
-            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Option<f32>)| {
+            |lua, (this, r, g, b, a): (Table, Value, Value, Value, Value)| {
+                let a = crate::script::object::alpha_f32(lua, &a);
                 let (r, g, b) = (
-                    crate::script::object::as_f32(&r),
-                    crate::script::object::as_f32(&g),
-                    crate::script::object::as_f32(&b),
+                    crate::script::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &r),
+                    crate::script::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &g),
+                    crate::script::object::tonumber_f32(lua, &b),
                 );
                 // `0x78fc20` hands the colour to the bar (`0x782dd0`), which sets its vertex colour
                 // only if a bar exists and keeps nothing otherwise.
@@ -255,8 +256,7 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
                     return Ok(());
                 };
                 let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
-                model.region_data.entry(rh).or_default().vertex_color =
-                    Some([r, g, b, a.unwrap_or(1.0)]);
+                model.region_data.entry(rh).or_default().vertex_color = Some([r, g, b, a]);
                 Ok(())
             },
         )?,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/button.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/button.rs
index 014447d9..9d2310a0 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/button.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/button.rs
@@ -1375,3 +1375,62 @@ fn button_get_text_color_answers_four_values_through_the_state_font() {
         .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(s.arity("ChkColorBtn:GetTextColor()").unwrap(), 4);
 }
+
+/// `CheckButton:SetChecked` (`0x799bf0`) reads its argument through `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`)
+/// with default 1 (`0x799c77`): absent, a table, a function and an unknown string check; nil and
+/// zero do not; a string goes by its first byte, then by `on`/`off`/`enabled`/`disabled`; a number
+/// keeps only the low dword of its truncation.
+#[test]
+fn set_checked_reads_its_argument_as_get_bool_or_default() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"C = CreateFrame("CheckButton", "C")"#).unwrap();
+    for (arg, checked) in [
+        ("", true),
+        ("nil", false),
+        ("true", true),
+        ("false", false),
+        ("0", false),
+        ("0.5", false),
+        ("-0.5", false),
+        ("1", true),
+        ("-1", true),
+        ("2^32", false),
+        ("2^32 + 1", true),
+        ("1/0", false),
+        ("{}", true),
+        ("function() end", true),
+        (r#""yes""#, true),
+        (r#""Yes""#, true),
+        (r#""y""#, true),
+        (r#""t""#, true),
+        (r#""on""#, true),
+        (r#""enabled""#, true),
+        (r#""1abc""#, true),
+        (r#""01""#, false),
+        (r#"" 0""#, true),
+        ("\"\"", true),
+        (r#""abc""#, true),
+        (r#""off""#, false),
+        (r#""Disabled""#, false),
+        (r#""no""#, false),
+        (r#""false""#, false),
+        (r#""true""#, true),
+        (r#""0""#, false),
+        (r#""1""#, true),
+        (r#"" 1""#, true),
+        (r#""-1""#, true),
+    ] {
+        // Start from the opposite state so a call that changes nothing reads as a failure.
+        s.run(&format!(
+            "C:SetChecked({})",
+            if checked { "nil" } else { "1" }
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        s.run(&format!("C:SetChecked({arg})")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.eval::<bool>("return C:GetChecked() == 1").unwrap(),
+            checked,
+            "SetChecked({arg})"
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/colour_args.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/colour_args.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52cbbc55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/colour_args.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,338 @@
+//! Colour and coordinate channels are a bare `lua_tonumber` (`0x6f3620`) with no type gate: a
+//! numeric string is its number (`luaV_tonumber` `0x6f7c20`, `luaO_str2d` `0x6f5900`), anything
+//! else 0, and the setter never raises. Sites: `Button:SetTextColor` `0x780ee0`,
+//! `SetHighlightTextColor` `0x7815e0`, `SetDisabledTextColor` `0x781260`, the Font object setters
+//! `0x79f4d0` and `0x79f730`, `FontString:SetTextColor` `0x79d9c0` and `SetShadowColor` `0x79dd40`,
+//! `Texture:SetVertexColor` `0x79abd0`, `SetTexCoord` `0x79beb0`, `SetGradient` `0x79ae30`,
+//! `SetGradientAlpha` `0x79b180`, `StatusBar:SetStatusBarColor` `0x78fc20` and
+//! `ColorSelect:SetColorRGB` `0x78eae0`.
+
+use super::common::script;
+
+/// Numeric strings and a hostile one; each reads as the number on the right.
+const CHANNELS: &str = r#""1", "0.5", "abc""#;
+
+/// `set(r, g, b)` with string channels, read back through `get` as three numbers.
+fn check(setup: &str, call: &str, get: &str) {
+    check_as(setup, call, get, (1.0, 0.5, 0.0));
+}
+
+fn check_as(setup: &str, call: &str, get: &str, want: (f64, f64, f64)) {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(setup).unwrap();
+    s.run(&call.replace("ARGS", CHANNELS)).unwrap();
+    let (r, g, b) = s
+        .eval::<(f64, f64, f64)>(&format!("local r, g, b = {get} return r, g, b"))
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((r, g, b), want, "{call}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn text_and_shadow_colour_setters_coerce_numeric_strings() {
+    check(
+        r#"B = CreateFrame("Button", "B")"#,
+        "B:SetTextColor(ARGS)",
+        "B:GetTextColor()",
+    );
+    check(
+        r#"CreateFont("Fnt")"#,
+        "Fnt:SetTextColor(ARGS)",
+        "Fnt:GetTextColor()",
+    );
+    check(
+        r#"CreateFont("Fnt")"#,
+        "Fnt:SetShadowColor(ARGS)",
+        "Fnt:GetShadowColor()",
+    );
+    let setup = r#"F = CreateFrame("Frame", "F") FS = F:CreateFontString("FS")"#;
+    check(setup, "FS:SetTextColor(ARGS)", "FS:GetTextColor()");
+    check(setup, "FS:SetShadowColor(ARGS)", "FS:GetShadowColor()");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn button_highlight_and_disabled_colours_coerce_numeric_strings() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"B = CreateFrame("Button", "B")"#).unwrap();
+    s.run(&format!(
+        "B:SetHighlightTextColor({CHANNELS}) B:SetDisabledTextColor({CHANNELS})"
+    ))
+    .unwrap();
+    let t: mlua::Table = s.lua().globals().get("B").unwrap();
+    let h = crate::script::object::frame_handle_of(s.lua(), &t).unwrap();
+    let model = s.model_ref();
+    let Some(crate::widget::KindState::Button(bs)) = model.arena.frame(h).map(|f| &f.kind_state)
+    else {
+        panic!("not a button");
+    };
+    assert_eq!(bs.highlight_color, Some([1.0, 0.5, 0.0, 1.0]));
+    assert_eq!(bs.disabled_color, Some([1.0, 0.5, 0.0, 1.0]));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn vertex_bar_and_picker_colours_coerce_numeric_strings() {
+    check(
+        r#"F = CreateFrame("Frame", "F") T = F:CreateTexture("T")"#,
+        "T:SetVertexColor(ARGS)",
+        "T:GetVertexColor()",
+    );
+    check(
+        r#"S = CreateFrame("StatusBar", "S") S:SetStatusBarTexture("Interface\\Bar")"#,
+        "S:SetStatusBarColor(ARGS)",
+        "S:GetStatusBarColor()",
+    );
+    // The widget quantizes each channel to a byte: 0.5 is 128 / 255.
+    check_as(
+        r#"C = CreateFrame("ColorSelect", "C")"#,
+        "C:SetColorRGB(ARGS)",
+        "C:GetColorRGB()",
+        (1.0, 128.0 / 255.0, 0.0),
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn tex_coord_and_gradients_coerce_numeric_strings() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"F = CreateFrame("Frame", "F") T = F:CreateTexture("T")"#)
+        .unwrap();
+    s.run(r#"T:SetTexCoord("0.25", "0.75", "0.5", "1")"#)
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.eval::<Vec<f64>>("return {T:GetTexCoord()}").unwrap(),
+        vec![0.25, 0.5, 0.25, 1.0, 0.75, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0]
+    );
+    s.run(r#"T:SetTexCoord("0", "1", "abc", "{}")"#).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.eval::<Vec<f64>>("return {T:GetTexCoord()}").unwrap(),
+        vec![0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0]
+    );
+
+    let t: mlua::Table = s.lua().globals().get("T").unwrap();
+    let rh = crate::script::region::region_handle_of(s.lua(), &t).unwrap();
+    let gradient = || {
+        let g = s
+            .model_ref()
+            .region_data
+            .get(&rh)
+            .and_then(|d| d.gradient)
+            .expect("a gradient");
+        (g.start, g.end)
+    };
+    s.run(r#"T:SetGradient("VERTICAL", "1", "0.5", "abc", "0.25", "0.75", "1")"#)
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        gradient(),
+        ([1.0, 0.5, 0.0, 1.0], [0.25, 0.75, 1.0, 1.0]),
+        "SetGradient"
+    );
+    s.run(r#"T:SetGradientAlpha("HORIZONTAL", "1", "0.5", "abc", "0.5", "0.25", "0.75", "1", "0.25")"#)
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        gradient(),
+        ([1.0, 0.5, 0.0, 0.5], [0.25, 0.75, 1.0, 0.25]),
+        "SetGradientAlpha"
+    );
+    // The alphas are `lua_isnumber`-gated with default 1 (`0x79b30d`), not a bare read.
+    s.run(r#"T:SetGradientAlpha("VERTICAL", 0, 0, 0, nil, 1, 1, 1, "x")"#)
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(gradient(), ([0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0], [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]));
+}
+
+/// `SetTexture`'s colour form (`0x79bb40`): g and b are a bare read, alpha `lua_isnumber`-gated,
+/// and `luaO_str2d` skips the blanks around a number.
+#[test]
+fn texture_colour_form_coerces_numeric_strings() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"F = CreateFrame("Frame", "F") T = F:CreateTexture("T")"#)
+        .unwrap();
+    s.run(r#"T:SetTexture(1, " 0.5 ", "abc", "0.25")"#).unwrap();
+    let t: mlua::Table = s.lua().globals().get("T").unwrap();
+    let rh = crate::script::region::region_handle_of(s.lua(), &t).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.model_ref().region_data.get(&rh).and_then(|d| d.fill),
+        Some([1.0, 0.5, 0.0, 0.25])
+    );
+}
+
+/// A frame's message lines as `(text, rgb bytes, id, alpha)`.
+fn lines(s: &crate::script::UiScript, name: &str) -> Vec<(String, [u8; 3], u32, f32)> {
+    let m = s.model_ref();
+    let h = m.arena.lookup(name).expect("named frame");
+    m.arena
+        .frame(h)
+        .and_then(|f| f.kind_state.message_lines())
+        .map(|l| {
+            l.iter()
+                .map(|l| (l.text.clone(), l.color, l.id, l.alpha))
+                .collect()
+        })
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+}
+
+/// `MessageFrame:AddMessage` (`0x795590`) gates r, g and b with `lua_isnumber` (`0x79565f`-
+/// `0x795687`) and reads the alpha under its own gate (`0x795759`): "abc" or a table is white and
+/// opaque, a numeric string is its number.
+#[test]
+fn message_frame_add_message_gates_its_channels_with_is_number() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"CreateFrame("MessageFrame", "MF")"#).unwrap();
+    s.run(
+        r#"
+        MF:AddMessage("a", "abc", 1, 1)
+        MF:AddMessage("b", "0.5", "1", "0", "0.5")
+        MF:AddMessage("c", 1, 1, 1, {})
+        MF:AddMessage("d", {}, 1, 1)
+    "#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let got = lines(&s, "MF");
+    assert_eq!(got[0].1, [255, 255, 255], "a failed gate is white");
+    assert_eq!(got[1].1, [128, 255, 0]);
+    assert_eq!(
+        got[1].3,
+        128.0 / 255.0,
+        "a numeric alpha string counts, byte-quantized"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(got[2].3, 1.0, "a table alpha stages 1.0");
+    assert_eq!(got[3].1, [255, 255, 255]);
+}
+
+/// `ScrollingMessageFrame:AddMessage` (`0x792900`) gates the same three, then reads the id at 6
+/// (or r's slot at 3 when the gate failed) through `lua_isnumber` and `_ftol`; `UpdateColorByID`
+/// (`0x7932b0`) gates all four and does nothing if any fails.
+#[test]
+fn scrolling_message_frame_gates_colour_and_id_with_is_number() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"CreateFrame("ScrollingMessageFrame", "SMF")"#)
+        .unwrap();
+    s.run(
+        r#"
+        SMF:AddMessage("a", "0.5", "1", "0", "7")
+        SMF:AddMessage("b", "abc", 1, 1, 8)
+        SMF:AddMessage("c", "9")
+        SMF:AddMessage("d", 1, 1, 1, 2.9)
+    "#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let got = lines(&s, "SMF");
+    assert_eq!((got[0].1, got[0].2), ([128, 255, 0], 7), "numeric strings");
+    assert_eq!((got[1].1, got[1].2), ([255, 255, 255], 0), "id is r's slot");
+    assert_eq!((got[2].1, got[2].2), ([255, 255, 255], 9));
+    assert_eq!(got[3].2, 2, "the id is chopped by _ftol");
+    s.run(r#"SMF:UpdateColorByID(7, 0, "abc", 1)"#).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        lines(&s, "SMF")[0].1,
+        [128, 255, 0],
+        "a failed gate is a no-op"
+    );
+    s.run(r#"SMF:UpdateColorByID("7", "0", "0.5", 0)"#).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(lines(&s, "SMF")[0].1, [0, 128, 0]);
+}
+
+/// The text-colour alpha is `lua_isnumber`-gated with default 1.0 (`0x781037`, `0x79f5a2`,
+/// `0x78fd77`, `0x79db17`, `0x79de97`, `0x79f802`): a table or a boolean neither raises nor
+/// sticks, and a numeric string is its number.
+#[test]
+fn colour_alphas_are_gated_not_raised() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(
+        r#"
+        B = CreateFrame("Button", "B")
+        F = CreateFrame("Frame", "F")
+        FS = F:CreateFontString("FS")
+        CreateFont("Fnt")
+        S = CreateFrame("StatusBar", "S") S:SetStatusBarTexture("Interface\\Bar")
+        T = F:CreateTexture("T")
+    "#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    for (call, get) in [
+        ("B:SetTextColor(1, 1, 1, ARG)", "B:GetTextColor()"),
+        ("FS:SetTextColor(1, 1, 1, ARG)", "FS:GetTextColor()"),
+        ("FS:SetShadowColor(1, 1, 1, ARG)", "FS:GetShadowColor()"),
+        ("Fnt:SetTextColor(1, 1, 1, ARG)", "Fnt:GetTextColor()"),
+        ("Fnt:SetShadowColor(1, 1, 1, ARG)", "Fnt:GetShadowColor()"),
+        ("S:SetStatusBarColor(1, 1, 1, ARG)", "S:GetStatusBarColor()"),
+    ] {
+        for (arg, want) in [
+            (r#""0.5""#, 0.5),
+            ("{}", 1.0),
+            ("true", 1.0),
+            (r#""abc""#, 1.0),
+            ("nil", 1.0),
+            ("0.25", 0.25),
+        ] {
+            s.run(&call.replace("ARG", arg))
+                .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("{call} with {arg} raised: {e}"));
+            let a = s
+                .eval::<f64>(&format!("local _, _, _, a = {get} return a"))
+                .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(a, want, "{call} with {arg}");
+        }
+    }
+    // A Font object's colour is replaced whole (`0x79f5f5`...`0x79f65f`): a bare call resets the
+    // alpha rather than keeping it.
+    s.run("Fnt:SetTextColor(1, 1, 1, 0.25) Fnt:SetTextColor(1, 1, 1)")
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.eval::<f64>("local _, _, _, a = Fnt:GetTextColor() return a")
+            .unwrap(),
+        1.0
+    );
+}
+
+/// `SetVertexColor` (`0x79abd0`) stages alpha 1.0 but re-tests the gate at the end (`0x79adfe`):
+/// anything but a number lends the region's current alpha back (`0x79ae0a`), and never raises.
+#[test]
+fn set_vertex_color_keeps_the_alpha_unless_given_a_number() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"F = CreateFrame("Frame", "F") T = F:CreateTexture("T")"#)
+        .unwrap();
+    let alpha = || {
+        s.eval::<f64>("local _, _, _, a = T:GetVertexColor() return a")
+            .unwrap()
+    };
+    s.run("T:SetVertexColor(1, 1, 1, 0.5)").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(alpha(), 0.5);
+    for arg in ["", ", nil", ", {}", ", true", r#", "x""#] {
+        s.run(&format!("T:SetVertexColor(0, 0, 0{arg})"))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("SetVertexColor(0, 0, 0{arg}) raised: {e}"));
+        assert_eq!(alpha(), 0.5, "SetVertexColor(0, 0, 0{arg}) keeps it");
+    }
+    s.run(r#"T:SetVertexColor(0, 0, 0, "0.25")"#).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(alpha(), 0.25, "a numeric string is a number");
+}
+
+/// `lua_isnumber` on the first argument picks `SetTexture`'s colour form (`0x79bbd5`), so a
+/// numeric string is a fill, not a path.
+#[test]
+fn set_texture_takes_a_numeric_string_as_a_colour() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"F = CreateFrame("Frame", "F") T = F:CreateTexture("T")"#)
+        .unwrap();
+    s.run(r#"T:SetTexture("1", "0.5", 0)"#).unwrap();
+    let t: mlua::Table = s.lua().globals().get("T").unwrap();
+    let rh = crate::script::region::region_handle_of(s.lua(), &t).unwrap();
+    let m = s.model_ref();
+    let d = m.region_data.get(&rh).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(d.fill, Some([1.0, 0.5, 0.0, 1.0]));
+    assert_eq!(d.texture, None, "a numeric string is not a path");
+}
+
+/// `GameTooltip:SetText`'s alpha (`0x531d23`) is `lua_isnumber`-gated too.
+#[test]
+fn tooltip_set_text_alpha_accepts_a_numeric_string() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"TT = CreateFrame("GameTooltip", "TT")"#).unwrap();
+    s.run(r#"TT:SetText("x", 1, 1, 1, "0.5")"#).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.eval::<f64>("local _, _, _, a = TTTextLeft1:GetTextColor() return a")
+            .unwrap(),
+        0.5
+    );
+    s.run(r#"TT:SetText("x", 1, 1, 1, {})"#).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.eval::<f64>("local _, _, _, a = TTTextLeft1:GetTextColor() return a")
+            .unwrap(),
+        1.0
+    );
+}
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/flag_args.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/flag_args.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bb4cf16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/flag_args.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,449 @@
+//! The flag arguments the reference reads through `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`): absent takes the
+//! binding's default, nil is false, a boolean is itself, a number is its truncation's low dword, a
+//! string goes by its first byte and then by `on`/`off`/`enabled`/`disabled`, and a table or
+//! function takes the default. Each binding below is one call site of the helper, with the default
+//! its site pushes.
+
+use super::common::script;
+use crate::script::*;
+
+/// Every argument form with the answer the helper gives it for `default`.
+fn cases(default: bool) -> Vec<(&'static str, bool)> {
+    vec![
+        ("nil", false),
+        ("true", true),
+        ("false", false),
+        ("0", false),
+        ("0.5", false),
+        ("-0.5", false),
+        ("1", true),
+        ("-1", true),
+        ("2^32", false),
+        ("2^32 + 1", true),
+        ("1/0", false),
+        (r#""0""#, false),
+        (r#""1""#, true),
+        (r#""0.5""#, false),
+        (r#""9lives""#, true),
+        (r#""f""#, false),
+        (r#""False""#, false),
+        (r#""n""#, false),
+        (r#""no""#, false),
+        (r#""t""#, true),
+        (r#""True""#, true),
+        (r#""y""#, true),
+        (r#""yes""#, true),
+        (r#""off""#, false),
+        (r#""OFF""#, false),
+        (r#""Disabled""#, false),
+        (r#""on""#, true),
+        (r#""Enabled""#, true),
+        (r#""""#, default),
+        (r#""zzz""#, default),
+        (r#"" 0""#, default),
+        (r#""-1""#, default),
+        ("{}", default),
+        ("function() end", default),
+    ]
+}
+
+/// Drive one flag binding: `set(arg)` writes it, `get()` reads it back as a Lua boolean. Each case
+/// starts from the opposite of its answer, so an ignored argument fails.
+fn check(s: &UiScript, what: &str, set: &str, get: &str, default: bool) {
+    let put = |arg: &str| {
+        let call = set.replace("ARG", arg);
+        s.run(&call)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("{what}: {call}: {e}"));
+    };
+    let read = || s.eval::<bool>(&format!("return ({get}) == true")).unwrap();
+    // The bare call takes the default.
+    put("true");
+    put("false");
+    s.run(&set.replace(", ARG", "").replace("ARG", "")).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(read(), default, "{what}: no argument");
+    for (arg, want) in cases(default) {
+        put(if want { "false" } else { "true" });
+        assert_eq!(read(), !want, "{what}: setup");
+        put(arg);
+        assert_eq!(read(), want, "{what}({arg})");
+    }
+}
+
+/// The Frame methods, all default 1 (`0x775440` ... `0x77727e`).
+#[test]
+fn frame_flag_setters_read_get_bool_or_default_with_default_one() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"F = CreateFrame("Frame", "F")"#).unwrap();
+    for (set, get) in [
+        ("SetToplevel", "IsToplevel"),
+        ("SetMovable", "IsMovable"),
+        ("SetResizable", "IsResizable"),
+        ("SetClampedToScreen", "IsClampedToScreen"),
+        ("EnableKeyboard", "IsKeyboardEnabled"),
+        ("EnableMouse", "IsMouseEnabled"),
+        ("EnableMouseWheel", "IsMouseWheelEnabled"),
+    ] {
+        // The predicates answer the number 1 or nil, never a boolean.
+        check(
+            &s,
+            set,
+            &format!("F:{set}(ARG)"),
+            &format!("F:{get}() == 1"),
+            true,
+        );
+    }
+    // `SetUserPlaced` (`0x776a50`) refuses a frame that is neither movable nor resizable.
+    s.run("F:SetMovable(true)").unwrap();
+    check(
+        &s,
+        "SetUserPlaced",
+        "F:SetUserPlaced(ARG)",
+        "F:IsUserPlaced() == 1",
+        true,
+    );
+}
+
+/// `SetFading` on both message-frame classes (`0x7939a0`, `0x7950d0`), default 1.
+#[test]
+fn set_fading_reads_get_bool_or_default_with_default_one() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(
+        r#"
+        S = CreateFrame("ScrollingMessageFrame", "S")
+        M = CreateFrame("MessageFrame", "M")
+    "#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    for f in ["S", "M"] {
+        check(
+            &s,
+            &format!("{f}:SetFading"),
+            &format!("{f}:SetFading(ARG)"),
+            &format!("{f}:GetFading() == 1"),
+            true,
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+/// `SetTexCoordModifiesRect`, `SetDesaturated` (`0x79c10e`, `0x79c27e`) and `SetNonSpaceWrap`
+/// (`0x79ea7e`), default 1.
+#[test]
+fn texture_and_fontstring_flags_read_get_bool_or_default_with_default_one() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(
+        r#"
+        F = CreateFrame("Frame", "F")
+        T = F:CreateTexture("T")
+        FS = F:CreateFontString("FS")
+    "#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    check(
+        &s,
+        "SetTexCoordModifiesRect",
+        "T:SetTexCoordModifiesRect(ARG)",
+        "T:GetTexCoordModifiesRect() == 1",
+        true,
+    );
+    check(
+        &s,
+        "SetNonSpaceWrap",
+        "FS:SetNonSpaceWrap(ARG)",
+        "FS:CanNonSpaceWrap() == 1",
+        true,
+    );
+    // Desaturation has no getter; read it off the region.
+    let desat = || {
+        let t: mlua::Table = s.lua().globals().get("T").unwrap();
+        let rh = crate::script::region::region_handle_of(s.lua(), &t).unwrap();
+        s.model_ref()
+            .region_data
+            .get(&rh)
+            .is_some_and(|d| d.desaturated)
+    };
+    s.run("T:SetDesaturated(false) T:SetDesaturated()").unwrap();
+    assert!(desat(), "SetDesaturated: no argument takes the default 1");
+    for (arg, want) in cases(true) {
+        s.run(&format!(
+            "T:SetDesaturated({})",
+            if want { "false" } else { "true" }
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        s.run(&format!("T:SetDesaturated({arg})")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(desat(), want, "SetDesaturated({arg})");
+    }
+}
+
+/// `SetBackdrop`'s `tile` key (`0x7778a3`), default 0.
+#[test]
+fn backdrop_tile_reads_get_bool_or_default_with_default_zero() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"F = CreateFrame("Frame", "F")"#).unwrap();
+    for (arg, want) in cases(false) {
+        if arg == "nil" {
+            continue; // an absent key and a nil value are the same table slot
+        }
+        s.run(&format!("F:SetBackdrop({{ tile = {arg} }})"))
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.eval::<bool>("return F:GetBackdrop().tile == 1").unwrap(),
+            want,
+            "tile = {arg}"
+        );
+    }
+    s.run("F:SetBackdrop({})").unwrap();
+    assert!(!s.eval::<bool>("return F:GetBackdrop().tile == 1").unwrap());
+}
+
+/// The chat-window records (`0x4a1777` default 1, `0x4a1697` default 0).
+#[test]
+fn chat_window_flags_read_get_bool_or_default() {
+    let s = script();
+    // `GetChatWindowInfo` answers shown 7th and locked 8th, each 1 or nil; Lua 5.0 has no `select`.
+    s.run(
+        "function ChatShown() local _, _, _, _, _, _, v = GetChatWindowInfo(2) return v end \
+         function ChatLocked() local _, _, _, _, _, _, _, v = GetChatWindowInfo(2) return v end",
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    check(
+        &s,
+        "SetChatWindowShown",
+        "SetChatWindowShown(2, ARG)",
+        "ChatShown() == 1",
+        true,
+    );
+    check(
+        &s,
+        "SetChatWindowLocked",
+        "SetChatWindowLocked(2, ARG)",
+        "ChatLocked() == 1",
+        false,
+    );
+}
+
+/// The guild flags: show-offline (`0x4d1e17`, default 1), the rank checkbox (`0x4d20b7`, default 0).
+#[test]
+fn guild_flags_read_get_bool_or_default() {
+    let s = script();
+    check(
+        &s,
+        "SetGuildRosterShowOffline",
+        "SetGuildRosterShowOffline(ARG)",
+        "GetGuildRosterShowOffline() == 1",
+        true,
+    );
+    let staged = || s.model_ref().guild_control.staged[0];
+    s.run("GuildControlSetRankFlag(1, true) GuildControlSetRankFlag(1)")
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(!staged(), "no argument takes the default 0");
+    for (arg, want) in cases(false) {
+        s.run(&format!(
+            "GuildControlSetRankFlag(1, {})",
+            if want { "false" } else { "true" }
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        s.run(&format!("GuildControlSetRankFlag(1, {arg})"))
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(staged(), want, "GuildControlSetRankFlag(1, {arg})");
+    }
+}
+
+/// `GetNumGuildMembers`' flag (`0x4d11a0`, default 0) counts the whole roster.
+#[test]
+fn get_num_guild_members_flag_counts_the_whole_roster() {
+    let mut s = script();
+    let member = |name: &str, online: bool| GuildMemberInfo {
+        name: name.into(),
+        online,
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    s.set_guild(GuildState {
+        in_guild: true,
+        roster: vec![member("A", true), member("B", false), member("C", false)],
+        num_members: 1,
+        ..Default::default()
+    });
+    assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return GetNumGuildMembers()").unwrap(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return GetNumGuildMembers(nil)").unwrap(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return GetNumGuildMembers(0)").unwrap(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return GetNumGuildMembers('0')").unwrap(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return GetNumGuildMembers(1)").unwrap(), 3);
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.eval::<i64>("return GetNumGuildMembers('yes')").unwrap(),
+        3
+    );
+    assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return GetNumGuildMembers(true)").unwrap(), 3);
+}
+
+/// The request-queueing verbs, each reading one flag through the helper.
+#[test]
+fn queued_verbs_read_their_flags_through_get_bool_or_default() {
+    let mut s = script();
+    s.set_guild(GuildState::default());
+
+    // SetWhoToUI(flag) 0x5ad877, default 0.
+    for (arg, want) in cases(false) {
+        s.run(&format!("SetWhoToUI({arg})")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.take_social_requests(),
+            vec![SocialRequest::SetWhoToUi(want)],
+            "SetWhoToUI({arg})"
+        );
+    }
+    s.run("SetWhoToUI()").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.take_social_requests(),
+        vec![SocialRequest::SetWhoToUi(false)]
+    );
+
+    // TargetByName / FollowByName exact-match flag, default 0 (`0x489d8e`, `0x489f14`).
+    for (arg, want) in cases(false) {
+        s.run(&format!("FollowByName('Bob', {arg})")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.take_follow_requests(),
+            vec![FollowRequest::ByName {
+                name: "Bob".into(),
+                exact: want
+            }],
+            "FollowByName('Bob', {arg})"
+        );
+        s.run(&format!("TargetByName('Bob', {arg})")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.take_script_calls(),
+            vec![ScriptCall::TargetByName {
+                name: "Bob".into(),
+                exact: want
+            }],
+            "TargetByName('Bob', {arg})"
+        );
+    }
+
+    // ConfirmReadyCheck(ready) 0x4bc0ad, default 0.
+    for (arg, want) in cases(false) {
+        s.run(&format!("ConfirmReadyCheck({arg})")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.take_party_requests(),
+            vec![PartyRequest::ReadyCheckAnswer(want)],
+            "ConfirmReadyCheck({arg})"
+        );
+    }
+    s.run("ConfirmReadyCheck()").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.take_party_requests(),
+        vec![PartyRequest::ReadyCheckAnswer(false)]
+    );
+
+    // UseAction(action, checkCursor, onSelf) 0x4e717e, 0x4e716f, defaults 0.
+    for (arg, want) in cases(false) {
+        s.run(&format!("UseAction(1, 0, {arg})")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.take_script_calls(),
+            vec![ScriptCall::UseAction(ActionUse {
+                action: 1,
+                on_self: want
+            })],
+            "UseAction(1, 0, {arg})"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+/// `LoggingChat(flag)` (`0x49fe69`, default 1) sets whenever an argument is passed, so an explicit
+/// nil clears; a bare call is the getter.
+#[test]
+fn logging_flags_read_get_bool_or_default_with_default_one() {
+    let s = script();
+    for name in ["LoggingChat", "LoggingCombat"] {
+        for (arg, want) in cases(true) {
+            s.run(&format!("{name}({})", if want { "false" } else { "true" }))
+                .unwrap();
+            s.run(&format!("{name}({arg})")).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(
+                s.eval::<bool>(&format!("return {name}() == 1")).unwrap(),
+                want,
+                "{name}({arg})"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// `CreateMacro`'s `local` and `perCharacter` flags (`0x4f167b`, `0x4f168a`) and `EditMacro`'s
+/// `local` (`0x4f19ad`), default 0; `EditMacro` always writes it.
+#[test]
+fn macro_flags_read_get_bool_or_default_with_default_zero() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run("function MacroLocal(i) local _, _, _, v = GetMacroInfo(i) return v end")
+        .unwrap();
+    for (arg, want) in cases(false) {
+        s.run(&format!(
+            "i = CreateMacro('m', 1, '', {arg}) _, _, _, loc = GetMacroInfo(i)"
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.eval::<bool>("return loc == 1").unwrap(),
+            want,
+            "CreateMacro(name, icon, body, {arg})"
+        );
+        s.run("DeleteMacro(i)").unwrap();
+    }
+    s.run("i = CreateMacro('m', 1, '', true) EditMacro(i, nil, nil, 'body')")
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        !s.eval::<bool>("return MacroLocal(i) == 1").unwrap(),
+        "an omitted EditMacro `local` is stored as 0"
+    );
+    for (arg, want) in cases(false) {
+        s.run(&format!("EditMacro(i, nil, nil, nil, {arg})"))
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s.eval::<bool>("return MacroLocal(i) == 1").unwrap(),
+            want,
+            "EditMacro(i, nil, nil, nil, {arg})"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+/// The GameTooltip wrap flag (`0x531811`, `0x531dd3`, `0x531b60`), default 0: a wrapped line pins
+/// its left cell to the wrap width. A double line wraps only with an empty right side, as the line
+/// core clears the flag otherwise (`0x530284`).
+#[test]
+fn tooltip_wrap_flags_read_get_bool_or_default_with_default_zero() {
+    let s = script();
+    s.run(r#"TT = CreateFrame("GameTooltip", "TT")"#).unwrap();
+    let pinned = |line: u32| {
+        let t: mlua::Table = s
+            .lua()
+            .globals()
+            .get(format!("TTTextLeft{line}"))
+            .expect("left line");
+        let rh = crate::script::region::region_handle_of(s.lua(), &t).unwrap();
+        s.model_ref()
+            .region_data
+            .get(&rh)
+            .is_some_and(|d| d.size.is_some())
+    };
+    for (arg, want) in cases(false) {
+        s.run("TT:ClearLines()").unwrap();
+        s.run(&format!("TT:AddLine('line', 1, 1, 1, {arg})"))
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(pinned(1), want, "AddLine(text, r, g, b, {arg})");
+        s.run(&format!("TT:SetText('line', 1, 1, 1, 1, {arg})"))
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(pinned(1), want, "SetText(text, r, g, b, a, {arg})");
+        s.run(&format!(
+            "TT:ClearLines() TT:AddDoubleLine('line', '', 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, {arg})"
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            pinned(1),
+            want,
+            "AddDoubleLine(.., {arg}) with an empty right"
+        );
+        s.run(&format!(
+            "TT:ClearLines() TT:AddDoubleLine('line', 'right', 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, {arg})"
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(!pinned(1), "a double line with a right side never wraps");
+    }
+    s.run("TT:ClearLines() TT:AddLine('line')").unwrap();
+    assert!(!pinned(1), "no flag takes the default 0");
+}
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/mod.rs
index 07a242e1..4c3fb1ac 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/mod.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ mod capture;
 mod channel;
 mod chat_bubble;
 mod clear_points;
+mod colour_args;
 mod common;
 mod cooldown;
 mod create_frame_template;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ mod dying_target;
 mod end_to_end;
 mod engine_updates;
 mod events;
+mod flag_args;
 mod font_object;
 mod frame_api;
 mod generic_for;
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip/mod.rs
index c3da0944..3597f2dd 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip/mod.rs
@@ -567,39 +567,34 @@ pub(in crate::script) fn plural_template(
     crate::strings::plural(token, Some(n), get)
 }
 
-/// A colour component by `lua_tonumber`'s coercion: a numeric string counts, other strings do not.
-fn color_num(v: Option<&Value>) -> Option<f32> {
-    match v {
-        Some(Value::Number(n)) => Some(*n as f32),
-        Some(Value::Integer(i)) => Some(*i as f32),
-        Some(Value::String(s)) => s.to_str().ok().and_then(|s| s.trim().parse::<f32>().ok()),
-        _ => None,
-    }
+/// A colour component by `lua_tonumber`'s coercion: a number or a string `luaO_str2d` reads as
+/// one, else none.
+fn color_num(lua: &Lua, v: Option<&Value>) -> Option<f32> {
+    lua.coerce_number(v?.clone())
+        .ok()
+        .flatten()
+        .map(|n| n as f32)
 }
 
-/// A wrap flag: nil, false, 0 and the strings "0", "off" and "disabled" are false, anything else
-/// true. The reference reads it with `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`,
-/// `binding_abi::bool_or_default`), where "false", "no" and 0.5 are false too.
-fn bool_arg(v: Option<&Value>) -> bool {
-    match v {
-        None | Some(Value::Nil) | Some(Value::Boolean(false)) => false,
-        Some(Value::Integer(i)) => *i != 0,
-        Some(Value::Number(n)) => *n != 0.0,
-        Some(Value::String(s)) => !s.to_str().ok().is_some_and(|s| {
-            s == "0" || s.eq_ignore_ascii_case("off") || s.eq_ignore_ascii_case("disabled")
-        }),
-        _ => true,
-    }
+/// A line's wrap flag, `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`) with default 0 at `AddLine`'s sixth
+/// argument (`0x53181a`), `SetText`'s seventh (`0x531ddc`) and `AddDoubleLine`'s tenth (`0x531b69`).
+fn wrap_arg(v: Option<&Value>) -> bool {
+    crate::script::binding_abi::bool_or_default(v, false)
 }
 
 /// An `AddLine`-family colour, gated on the r-slot alone (`lua_isnumber`, `0x6f34d0`), else
 /// [`DEFAULT_TEXT_GOLD`]; past the gate a non-number g or b reads 0, and alpha is always opaque.
-fn parse_line_color(r: Option<&Value>, g: Option<&Value>, b: Option<&Value>) -> [f32; 4] {
-    match color_num(r) {
+fn parse_line_color(
+    lua: &Lua,
+    r: Option<&Value>,
+    g: Option<&Value>,
+    b: Option<&Value>,
+) -> [f32; 4] {
+    match color_num(lua, r) {
         Some(r) => [
             r,
-            color_num(g).unwrap_or(0.0),
-            color_num(b).unwrap_or(0.0),
+            color_num(lua, g).unwrap_or(0.0),
+            color_num(lua, b).unwrap_or(0.0),
             1.0,
         ],
         None => DEFAULT_TEXT_GOLD,
@@ -608,10 +603,10 @@ fn parse_line_color(r: Option<&Value>, g: Option<&Value>, b: Option<&Value>) ->
 
 /// An `AddLine` tail, positional `r, g, b, wrap` (`0x531630`); the wrap flag is read whatever the
 /// colour gate decides.
-fn parse_line_tail(args: &[Value]) -> ([f32; 4], bool) {
+fn parse_line_tail(lua: &Lua, args: &[Value]) -> ([f32; 4], bool) {
     (
-        parse_line_color(args.first(), args.get(1), args.get(2)),
-        bool_arg(args.get(3)),
+        parse_line_color(lua, args.first(), args.get(1), args.get(2)),
+        wrap_arg(args.get(3)),
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip/verbs.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip/verbs.rs
index 39ec58d7..4b488965 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip/verbs.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip/verbs.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use crate::script::Model;
 use crate::widget::{KindState, TooltipAnchor, TOOLTIP_LINE_GAP, TOOLTIP_PAD};
 
 use super::{
-    append_line, bool_arg, clear, parse_line_color, parse_line_tail, set_owner_core, set_shown,
-    text_of, tip_mut, with_tip, write_cell, REG_TOOLTIP_METHODS,
+    append_line, clear, color_num, parse_line_color, parse_line_tail, set_owner_core, set_shown,
+    text_of, tip_mut, with_tip, wrap_arg, write_cell, REG_TOOLTIP_METHODS,
 };
 
 pub(in crate::script) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
@@ -115,13 +115,11 @@ pub(in crate::script) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
                 ));
             }
             let text = text_of(args.first());
-            let [r, g, b, _] = parse_line_color(args.get(1), args.get(2), args.get(3));
-            let a = match args.get(4) {
-                Some(Value::Number(n)) => *n as f32,
-                Some(Value::Integer(i)) => *i as f32,
-                _ => 1.0,
-            };
-            let wrap = bool_arg(args.get(5));
+            let [r, g, b, _] = parse_line_color(lua, args.get(1), args.get(2), args.get(3));
+            // The alpha is its own `lua_isnumber` gate (`0x531ddc`'s neighbour at idx 6), so a
+            // numeric string counts.
+            let a = color_num(lua, args.get(4)).unwrap_or(1.0);
+            let wrap = wrap_arg(args.get(5));
             clear(lua, h);
             append_line(lua, &this, (text, [r, g, b, a]), None, wrap)?;
             set_shown(lua, h, true);
@@ -161,25 +159,28 @@ pub(in crate::script) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         "AddLine",
         lua.create_function(|lua, (this, args): (Table, Variadic<Value>)| {
             let text = text_of(args.first());
-            let (color, wrap) = parse_line_tail(&args[1.min(args.len())..]);
+            let (color, wrap) = parse_line_tail(lua, &args[1.min(args.len())..]);
             append_line(lua, &this, (text, color), None, wrap)
         })?,
     )?;
     // AddDoubleLine(textL, textR, rL, gL, bL, rR, gR, bR [, wrap]) (`0x531840`): each side's
-    // colour gates on its own r-slot. The core forces wrap off when the right text is non-empty;
-    // this never wraps.
+    // colour gates on its own r-slot, and the wrap flag is the tenth argument.
     m.set(
         "AddDoubleLine",
         lua.create_function(
             |lua, (this, tl, tr, cl): (Table, Value, Value, Variadic<Value>)| {
-                let left_color = parse_line_color(cl.first(), cl.get(1), cl.get(2));
-                let right_color = parse_line_color(cl.get(3), cl.get(4), cl.get(5));
+                let left_color = parse_line_color(lua, cl.first(), cl.get(1), cl.get(2));
+                let right_color = parse_line_color(lua, cl.get(3), cl.get(4), cl.get(5));
+                let right = text_of(Some(&tr));
+                // The line core (`0x530270`) clears the flag when the right text is non-empty
+                // (`0x530284`), so only a double line with an empty right side can wrap.
+                let wrap = right.is_empty() && wrap_arg(cl.get(6));
                 append_line(
                     lua,
                     &this,
                     (text_of(Some(&tl)), left_color),
-                    Some((text_of(Some(&tr)), right_color)),
-                    false,
+                    Some((right, right_color)),
+                    wrap,
                 )
             },
         )?,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/bindings.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/bindings.rs
index 13bf261e..5d98fb41 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/bindings.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/bindings.rs
@@ -1045,12 +1045,7 @@ pub(in crate::script) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
             let name =
                 super::super::binding_abi::string_arg(lua, name, "Usage: TargetByName(\"name\")")?;
             // Argument 2 comes from `0x6f1c10` with default 0: it never raises, and 0 is absent.
-            let exact = match exact {
-                None | Some(Value::Nil) | Some(Value::Boolean(false)) => false,
-                Some(Value::Integer(n)) => n != 0,
-                Some(Value::Number(n)) => n != 0.0,
-                Some(_) => true,
-            };
+            let exact = super::super::binding_abi::bool_or_default(exact.as_ref(), false);
             let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
             model
                 .script_calls
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/worn_display.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/worn_display.rs
index 071a0af8..1493298d 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/worn_display.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/worn_display.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 //! `ToggleFlag`), so a set queues a flip only when it differs from a belief that moves at the call
 //! and is overwritten when the wire bit moves.
 
-use mlua::{Lua, Value};
+use mlua::{Lua, MultiValue};
 
+use super::binding_abi::bool_or_default;
 use super::Model;
 
 /// A queued flip: one `CMSG_TOGGLE_HELM` or `CMSG_TOGGLE_CLOAK` for the app to send.
@@ -38,24 +39,6 @@ impl super::UiScript {
     }
 }
 
-/// Numeric, not Lua-truthy: the stock panel passes the string `"0"` for off
-/// (`UIOptionsFrame_Save`), which Lua 5.0 holds truthy. Nil, false, 0 and `"0"` hide.
-fn shown_arg(v: &Value) -> bool {
-    match v {
-        Value::Nil => false,
-        Value::Boolean(b) => *b,
-        Value::Integer(i) => *i != 0,
-        Value::Number(n) => *n != 0.0,
-        // A non-numeric string is never handed to this API; it shows rather than hiding gear.
-        Value::String(s) => s
-            .to_str()
-            .ok()
-            .and_then(|t| t.trim().parse::<f64>().ok())
-            .is_none_or(|n| n != 0.0),
-        _ => true,
-    }
-}
-
 /// Ask for a state, and queue the flip only if we are not already in it.
 fn want(model: &mut Model, which: WornDisplay, show: bool) {
     let held = match which {
@@ -78,9 +61,11 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
     ] {
         g.set(
             name,
-            lua.create_function(move |lua, v: Value| {
+            // `GetBoolOrDefault` (`0x6f1c10`) with default 1 (`0x48de4e`, `0x48de9e`): a bare call
+            // shows, and the stock panel's string `"0"` hides where Lua 5.0 holds it truthy.
+            lua.create_function(move |lua, args: MultiValue| {
                 let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
-                want(&mut model, which, shown_arg(&v));
+                want(&mut model, which, bool_or_default(args.front(), true));
                 Ok(())
             })?,
         )?;
@@ -140,6 +125,33 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    /// The flag is `GetBoolOrDefault` with default 1 (`0x48de4e`): a bare call shows, a table
+    /// takes the default, and a string goes by its first byte.
+    #[test]
+    fn the_setter_takes_the_flag_with_default_one() {
+        let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
+        for (arg, shown) in [
+            ("", true),
+            ("nil", false),
+            ("{}", true),
+            (r#""no""#, false),
+            (r#""yes""#, true),
+            (r#""off""#, false),
+            (r#""""#, true),
+            ("0.5", false),
+        ] {
+            s.run(&format!("ShowHelm({})", if shown { "0" } else { "1" }))
+                .unwrap();
+            s.take_worn_display_toggles();
+            s.run(&format!("ShowHelm({arg})")).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(
+                s.eval::<bool>("return ShowingHelm() == 1").unwrap(),
+                shown,
+                "ShowHelm({arg})"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     /// The Options window's Defaults button writes every row, so a flip on no difference would
     /// invert a preference already at its default.
     #[test]