Re: Lua 5.1.1-rc2 now available

["E. Wing" <ewmailing@...>]

> > More seriously, is the release number (5.1.1) accessible from Lua programs?

> No and that's the whole point. A Lua program does not need to know about
> minor releases, does it?
> --lhf

It does if you need to work around bugs. In theory, the API version
number (5.1) should be sufficient, but having the patch number can be
extremely useful if a program has to work around a bug/different
behavior in a specific patch release, but still should work with all
versions under that API version umbrella.

Perhaps in the future, creating an API (for both C and Lua) that lets
you access the major, minor, and patch version numbers separately
might be much more convenient for everybody.

Thanks,
Eric