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

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@...>]

On 18/12/2011 13.07, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
> > On a related note, is it possible to detect reliably at run time which
> > exact version of Lua a script is being run on, i.e. which release number
> > and which patch level?
> >
> > It would be nice for a script to be able to detect that it's being run
> > on, for example: 5.1.4-patchlevel 3 instead of 5.1.5.
>
> The whole point of minor releases is that this detection cannot be done,
> because they are ABI compatible. See http://www.lua.org/versions.html#numbering
>
> However, it can be done in C if needed.

You mean by patching the source? And what if one hasn't control over the 
source and cannot recompile? I suppose the only alternative is what Dirk 
suggested (checking for specific bugs), or am I missing something?

-- Lorenzo