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

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> > > 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.
> > 
> > Just for the sake of clarity (and pedantry): by 'crash', you mean
> > 'collide' here, right?
> 
> He probably meant 'clash'.

Yes...

-- Roberto