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1. Re: Source release contents vs GitHub/GitLab mirrors (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2023 17:35:48 -0300

The date on the tar file is the date of the last release candidate. We wait a week or so before freezing this rc, and so the release dates on the versions page are slightly later. The frozen version

2. Re: OUPS... (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2023 09:58:12 -0300

Can we please go back to discussing Lua? Thanks.

3. Re: A bit more on bits... (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 08:18:58 -0300

Can we please go back to discussing Lua? Thanks.

4. Re: What controls the decimal delimiter? (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 07:22:38 -0300

The locale controls that. % lua nil de_DE 42,0 42,0

5. Re: 4 function calculator in Lua (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:46:21 -0300

There is also a learning opportunity in the other direction: using metatables to generate code or parse trees. See these messages: http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2017-02/msg00139.html http://lua-u

6. Re: Why does string.format() limit width to two digits? (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 13:24:40 -0300

There seems to be miscommunication here: The width in %45s is used to right-justify the string by padding on the left with spaces. If the string is longer than the width, it is printed in full. Thes

7. Re: Lua forks on iOS due to system(...) removal (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 06:23:39 -0300

We could add the appropriate conditionals to avoid calling system in iOS but we don't have access to iOS development platforms. We need an incantation that works in current systems but we cannot tes

8. Re: A short introduction (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 06:21:32 -0300

If that worked, try `which lua`, to make sure you're running the correct program.

9. Re: Numeric for loop: Changing control variable REALLY dangerous? (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 09:10:45 -0300

In Lua 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3, the reference manual included pseudocode trying to explain the semantics of for loops: https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.4.5 https://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual

10. Re: luaexpat fatal error: 'expat_config.h' file not found (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2022 16:51:55 -0300

11. Re: Segfault on luac with multiple files (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:31:49 -0300

Thanks for the report. See http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2022-04/msg00027.html

12. Re: luac.c break with StkId -> StkIdRel change (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:24:47 -0300

Thanks for the report. It'll will be fixed for the next release.

13. Re: Lua Programming Gems now freely available (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 07:50:21 -0300

Thanks for the report. We'll try to clean this up.

14. Lua Programming Gems now freely available (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 07:23:43 -0300

The book Lua Programming Gems is now freely available at https://www.lua.org/gems/ The authors of each chapter retain their copyright. We thank them again for their contributions to the book. --lhf

15. Re: Docs for Command line option `-l g=mod` (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:18:08 -0300

The man page lua.1 will be fixed in the next release. Meanwhile, it's available in HTML: https://www.lua.org/manual/5.4/lua.html https://www.lua.org/manual/5.4/luac.html

16. Re: Docs for Command line option `-l g=mod` (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:47:03 -0300

It was an oversight! That was new in 5.4.4. Thanks for the report.

17. RSS (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 10:40:31 -0300

Does anyone use the RSS feeds in lua.org? https://www.lua.org/rss.html Are these feeds useful at all? Browsers no longer include RSS readers.

18. Re: Proposal to enhance table.remove (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 17:40:29 -0300

We appreciate tested code solutions for problems and enhancements; we just don't incorporate third-party code verbatim. So, sure, please, let's see your code.

19. Re: Monitoring function calls from C in 5.1 (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 06:25:16 -0300

Excellent point!

20. Re: Monitoring function calls from C in 5.1 (score: 1)

Author: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>

Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 08:12:41 -0300

function WRAP(f) return function (...) print("WRAP in ",...) local t=table.pack(f(...)) print("WRAP out",table.unpack(t)) return table.unpack(t) end end function f(x,y,z) return x+y+z,x*y*z end f=WR