Re: 4.1 Versions of Functions?

["staticengine" <pjf@...>]

--- In lua-l@y..., Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@i...> wrote:
> The whole "tag system" was changed to eventtables in 4.1, so those
> functions do not have a direct equivalent. lua_newtype (actually 
lua_newtag,
> in 4.0) now corresponds to the creation of a new table. 
lua_settagmethod
> corresponds to setting a field in this table. There will be a 
compatibility
> module that will implement those old functions on top of the new 
ones.

So does this mean that 4.1 is unfinished with respect to this 
functionality?  We're trying to get some C/C++ and Lua global 
variable interoperability going on, and this functionality seems to 
be the final sticking point.

Thanks!

-pjf