Re: Upvalues vs C static variable

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>]

> Example, lua 5.4 work-1 math.random :
>
> It uses upvalue to store the 128-bits random state.
> Why not use static uint64_t state[2] ?

Lua libraires are supposed to be used with independent Lua states and
so can only store static values in the states, not in C.