Re: [ANN] Lua 5.1.5 (rc1) now available

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@...>]

On 11/02/2012 19.45, Patrick Rapin wrote:
> > I hoped that the 5.2 -E interpreter option would be backported to 5.1.5. Any
> > chance of getting that?
>
> Most certainly none.
> Lua releases (with only the third number incremented) are strictly
> only bug fixes, there are never new features.
> If you want -E on 5.1, you can backport it yourself for your usage.
> But asking for this official change is utopia...
I thought that minimal additions were allowed if they didn't impact ABI 
compatibility.

Thanks you very much for the clarification.

Cheers!
-- Lorenzo