Re: [ANN] Lua 5.2.0 (work1) now available

[Duboucher Thomas <thomas@...>]

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Roberto Ierusalimschy a écrit :
>> An unrelated minor bug in 5.2 (actually 5.1 has it too):
>>
>>     S=[[]]
>>     T={}
>>     C=coroutine.create(function() end)
>>     print(type(S),type(T),type(C))
>>     print(S<T)
>>     print(T<T)
>>     print(S<C) -- error message is wrong
> 
> This bug is caused by a really dirty trick. Lua are using the third
> letter of the type name to distinguish between type names.
> "number" and "nil" crash on the first letter, "number" and "function"
> crash on the second; but "string" and "thread" crash on the third.
> 
> (Yes, I know, this was a really dirty trick...)
> 
> -- Roberto
> 

	Another question
$> print(C)
	Why is C referred as a 'thread' instead of a coroutine in the error
message? :)

	Thomas
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