Re: 5.1

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

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The authors are, well, the authors.  Take these as an advisory  
comments :)

1. Lua VM is generally regarded as an implementation detail, and will  
(at least: has) change if necessary. There are some documentation,  
however, links have been posted earlier on the list.

2. That specific issue was discussed in great depth recently (since  
it does raise emotions for and against).  A novelties.pdf document  
was provided some time back (I think part of the Lua Summit  
presentations?)  I have a local copy (2.7MB) but Google "+Lua  
+novelties.pdf" should find it?

3. Lua is (I think) maintained with version controlling, but the  
repository is not given public access. This is the way Lua authors do  
it, and I personally appreciate it. Any changes should be sent as  
patches to the authors.

- -ak


Pablo Bleyer Kocik kirjoitti 16.10.2005 kello 14.04:

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>  Hello people.
>
>  I just downloaded and compiled the alpha 5.1 lua under mingw. So  
> far it
> seems to be working flawlessly, but I have some questions:
>
>  - Are there any substantial changes to the VM? Are there any  
> efforts to
> document the Lua VM properly?
>
>  - I had to spend some time converting my old programs that used the
> deprecated 'for i in table do ... end' syntax. At first I didn't  
> realize
> this was dropped from 5.1 (sorry, I haven't been following the list  
> for a
> long time). Is there a place where I can find all the syntax  
> changes, quirks
> and pitfalls for a smooth transition?
>
>  - Is Lua maintained with any versioning control system? Is the  
> repository
> available for public view?
>
>  Best regards.
>
> - --
>                   /"However, what if it does matter, and we are
> PabloBleyerKocik / missing something fundamental that could
>  pablo          / change the way we see the world?"
>   @bleyer.org  / -- One Little Wrong Assumption, Darren Ashby
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