Question about Lua 5.0.2 standalone interpreter error message

["Tom Bates" <tfbiv@...>]

I’ve found that with only the Lua libraries base, string, and table loaded, an improper reference to a function such as io.write causes the standalone interpreter to just echo “error in error handling”. This is both on the prototype hardware and also on the PC using Visual Studio 6.

 

(1)     Is this expected behavior?

(2)     Is the debug library essential?

 

Thanks

Tom