Re: [ANN] mergelua

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

2011/10/16 Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@gmail.com>:

>
> Quoting from The Evolution of Lua [1]:
>
> "Despite our “mechanisms, not policy” rule — which we have found valuable in guiding the evolution of Lua — we should have provided a precise set of policies for modules and packages earlier. The lack of a common policy for building modules and installing packages prevents different groups from sharing code and discourages the development of a community code base. Lua 5.1 provides a set of policies for modules and packages that we hope will remedy this situation."
>
> Now, of course, people are entitled to change their mind.
>
> But this is a big step backward.
>
> [1] http://www.lua.org/doc/hopl.pdf
>

Maybe not.  Maybe the removal of a module standard at the Lua library
level will make us agree on LuaRocks as the community code base
sooner.

Dirk