Re: [ANN] LuaFileSystem 1.8.0

[Andrew Starks <andrew@...>]

Congratulations! 

- Andrew Starks

> On Apr 22, 2020, at 20:30, Hisham <h@hisham.hm> wrote:
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I am happy to announce LuaFileSystem 1.8.0, its first release in 3 years.
> 
> LuaFileSystem is a Lua library developed to complement the set of
> functions related to file systems offered by the standard Lua
> distribution. LuaFileSystem offers a portable way to access the
> underlying directory structure and file attributes.
> 
> https://keplerproject.github.io/luafilesystem/
> 
> What's new:
> 
> * lfs.link and lfs.symlinkattribute now work on Windows!
> * Fixed memory leak in case of realloc failure
> * MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is configurable in the Makefile
> * Fallback to _POSIX_PATH_MAX when MAXPATHLEN is not avaliable
> * lfs.lock uses CREATE_ALWAYS instead of CREATE_NEW on Windows
> 
> and last but not least:
> 
> * Lua 5.4 support, including __close handling in the lfs.dir()
> iterator. This requires no changes from the user, and ensures that the
> directory will be closed correctly even if you break from the loop.
> For example, with `uname -n` set below 10000, this script crashes on
> Lua < 5.4, and works in Lua 5.4:
> 
> local lfs = require("lfs")
> for t = 1, 10000 do
>   local i = 0
>   for e in lfs.dir("/usr/lib") do
>      i = i + 1
>      if i == 100 then
>         break
>      end
>   end
> end
> 
> (This is not a forced example: I have hit this problem before when
> recursing over large directory trees and collecting files.)
> 
> The easiest way to install LuaFileSystem is to use LuaRocks:
> 
>    luarocks install luafilesystem
> 
> This release contains contributions by Dan Church, Stephen E. Baker,
> Kıvanç Çakmak, TsT, Peter Melnichenko, James McCoy, Joshua Root,
> Eroica, 云风 and myself.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -- Hisham
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