Re: lposix library for Lua 5.1

[Mark Edgar <medgar@...>]

George wrote:
> Btw, I'd like to ask if there's a compelling reason why these posix
> functions have their own namespace, why not simply extend the existing
> "os" table?

The "extension" API is available too.

http://lua-users.org/wiki/ExtensionProposal

It is not meant to provide access to POSIX, but instead to provide a 
layer of functionality beyond what standard C provides, but which modern 
desktop (and other) operating systems provide anyway.  This includes 
hierarchical filesystem support, modifying the environment, file 
locking, pipes, and process control.

If you are specifically aiming only at POSIX, then this probably isn't 
the library for you.  If instead you are aiming to write Lua programs 
which are portable to POSIX and Window systems, then you may find this 
library quite useful.

					-Mark