Re: Comparing the binary chunk of two functions for equality

["Ashwin Hirschi" <lua-l@...>]

> > Ummm... does it also remove the line numbers stating where function
> > definitions start and stop?
>
> Oh, it does keep those. So, you're right, stripping does not solve the
> problem at hand. Perhaps these two line numbers should move to debug
> info? (But this will make you unhappy, I gather.)

[;-)]

We monitor all our production systems for Lua errors that are thrown. But,  
as we often strip debug info from deployed scripts, stack tracebacks can  
(obviously) become a bit cryptic sometimes...

Here's an actual (simple) example:

	?:0: attempt to concatenate a nil value
	stack traceback:
		?: in function <?:262>
		?: in function 'sfun'

So, the "function line numbers" that aren't currently stripped, help us  
makes sense of what goes wrong where.

In my example I know that the nil value was misused in a function that  
starts on line 262. Admittedly, still fuzzy, but considerably more useful  
than not having the 262 at all!

[:-)]

Ashwin.