Re: [ANN] LuaSrcDiet-0.12.1 (minor) release

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

On 4/7/2012 11:53 PM, Patrick Rapin wrote:
> > 'local' keyword removal isn't looking good -- gets very awkward attempting a
> > general optimizer using the ad hoc data structures LuaSrcDiet currently has.
> > Better to do it for the Lua 5.2 version.
>
> By "local" keyword removal, are you thinking of making the following
> substitution ?
>    local a = 12
>    local b = "str"
> ==>
>    local a,b=12,"str"
> Because otherwise, I don't think "local" can be considered optional at all.

Well, it pretty easy to draw up a big list of possible 
optimizations. The possibilities are obvious. That is not an issue 
at all.

The actual problem: Someone has to spend the time implementing 
them. :-) As you can probably guess, no one is rushing to do them.

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia