Re: [ANN] Cratera - a games-oriented Lua fork

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

On 9/8/2017 8:30 AM, Soni L. wrote:
> Cratera is a games-oriented Lua fork, focused on keeping patchsets
> minimal.
>
> https://bitbucket.org/TeamSoni/cratera
>
> The current patchset is only 63 lines, and fully
> backwards-compatible with Lua 5.3.4, making it quite suitable as a
> Lua alternative for game development.
>
> Most games nowadays use components one way or another, and Cratera
> adds built-in syntax for them. While "component syntax" is the
> preferred name, it can also be referred to as "runtime traits".

  "Most games nowadays use components one way or another"

I'm not familiar with this "components" thing, or maybe I just 
didn't look in the right places. I am also confused by "runtime 
traits".

Would you be so kind as to give a sort of layman's introduction to 
this component thing? If it's in your Cratera syntax then I guess 
it is still sort of on-topic for this list. TIA.

> The syntax is a simple syntax sugar, reminiscent of Lua's own OOP
> syntax, and is defined as:
>
>     object:component.method() --> object.component.method(object)
>     object:[Component].method() --> object[Component].method(object)
>
> The ability to use object components in addition to string
> components allows this syntax to integrate cleanly with existing
> runtime class/type systems.

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Selangor, Malaysia