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- Subject: Re: format change for precompiled files
- From: rdg <rdg@...>
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 09:44:16 -0400
Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
> As a consequence of some changes to be introduced in 3.1, we had to
> change the internal structure of bytecodes and this directly affects
> the format of precompiled files, in a way that is incompatible with
> binaries generated by Lua 3.0.
>
> How serious is this change for you?
It does not affect me.
> Do you had precompiled files for which you do not have the lua source
> files?
No.
>
>
> We never promised that we would not change the format of binary files
> because
> we assume that your programs can always be recompiled.
> However, we *might* write a conversion tool if there is a major need
> for it.
>
> I take this opportunity to conduct a quick survey:
>
> 1. Do you use precompiled lua chunks? Why or why not?
No
> 2. Do you use precompiled lua chunks *across* platforms?
No
> (Did you know that precompiled chunks are supposed to be portable?)
No.
> 3. Do you have precompiled files for which you do *not* have the
> sources?
>
No.
