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Lua 5.2.0 (alpha) is now available at
	http://www.lua.org/work/lua-5.2.0-alpha-rc1.tar.gz

MD5	525bfa6daec8b0773845989c4886b668  -
SHA1	b63703993ebaa3e361ede3fd1058c593bdc47034  -

This is an alpha version. Some details may change in the final version.

The main changes since Lua 5.1 are:
- yieldable pcall and metamethods
- new __ENV scheme
- ephemeron tables
- new library for bitwise operations
- light C functions
- emergency garbage collector
The other changes are listed in
	http://www.lua.org/work/doc/#changes

The complete diffs are available at
	http://www.lua.org/work/diffs-lua-5.2.0-work5-alpha-rc1.txt

This release candidate will be the alpha version if no glitches are found
in the next 10 days or so.

All feedback welcome. Thanks.
--lhf