Re: Lua 5.1 (work6) now available

[David Burgess <dburgess@...>]

All my wishes at arrive at once.
Many thanks.

On 5/18/05, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
> Here are the main changes since 5.1w5:
> - standard distribution in only one library (lualib.a merged into lua.a)
> - `loadlib' no longer global (packaged inside `package')
> - better luaconf.h
> - debug information includes last line of a function definition
> - metatables for all types
> - new "primitive" getn
> - new `mod' (`%') operator
> - new math functions
> - new operation *t (for size of t)
> - new protocol to open standard libraries
> - using `require' to implement `-l' in bin/lua
> 
> There are probably several other small changes that we forget right now...
> 
> All the usual caveats of work versions still apply, including the lack
> of documentation and the plea for your feedback.
> 
> This is really the last work version before 5.1 (alpha), for which no ETA
> currently exists. :-) For that, we have to work on the documentation.
> 
> Enjoy.
> --lhf
>