Re: API Version Query Function

[Patrick Donnelly <batrick@...>]

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Luiz Henrique de
Figueiredo<lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
>> Could we get a C API function that allows us to query Lua's version
>> without needing to open a Lua state. Something like:
>>
>> const char * lua_getversion (void);
>
> Why do you need to avoid opening a Lua state?

It's just really inconvenient and tedious (IMO) to open a state, the
Lua libraries, and then get the _VERSION global.

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