Re: loadstring vs load

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> Note that load(s), unlike loadstring(s), does not accept binary strings.
> As binary code is potentially unsecure, this seems good. You still can
> make 'load' accept binary code supplying a third 'mode' argument.

Correction: the default for 'load' is to accept binary strings. (Not
to accept would be better, but it seemed a small gain for
the incompatibility.) So, 'load(s)' is exactly equivalent to
'loadstring(s)'.

(Actually, the reverse is also true in the current implementation.
loadstring works with function arguments ;)

-- Roberto