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Thatcher Ulrich wrote:
On Feb 03, 2002 at 09:44 -0800, David Jeske wrote:Some examples of items discussed on the list which might be useful additions include:
1) Memory management optimizations for small memory for embedded use
2) More real-time Garbage collection optimizations for lowering collection pause time (as it seems Lua has been picked up among
Game programmers)
3) code-safety features such as "require variable declarations" or
static typing (ala unrealscript)
4) compiling Lua code into C
[...]
2 and 3 (a 'global' declaration, not static typing) are close to my heart.
Same here, especially #2.
To that list I would add: an easy-to-use source-level debugger (several partial solutions exist), and (don't hit me!) a module system.
Honestly, I think a lightweight module system directly benefits my embedding efforts, given that my embedding interests center around game programming, which inherently involves dealing with disparate native APIs (graphics, sound, input, networking, etc).
I could say lots more about why a module system is a good thing, but I'll limit myself to one more point: it makes the language more powerful, without making the core bigger.
Jason