Re: Future features of Lua 5.1 (or beyond)

[Chris Marrin <chris@...>]

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
> > I recently asked a question about a feature I would like to see in Lua - 
> > from one of the patches I came across. But I got no reply to that 
> > message. Is this the right list to be posting such things? I looked on 
> > the Forums and there didn't seem to be any more appropriate place there.
>
>
> Yes, it is the right forum. It brings suggestions into the open and they
> get archived. I assure you that the Lua team looks at all suggestions.
> We may not answer all of them, but that does not mean they are overlooked
> or dismissed.
>
> As to including a feature in 5.1, it's unlikely at this stage. We're
> getting ready for the alpha stage (though there'll probably be one last
> work version before that).

Ok, thanks. I will add my changes to the 5.1 source then. Would it be 
useful to produce patches and submit them when I do this? Also, how soon 
do you think the alpha will be out? It would be nice to patch there to 
avoid too much rework as diffs come out.

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