Re: io:lines() and \0

[Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@...>]

Am 21.02.2014 22:56 schröbte Andrew Starks:
> On Friday, February 21, 2014, Coda Highland <chighland@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Andrew Starks <andrew.starks@trms.com<javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> > > > Laurie's Law: The most heated debates on Lua-L are on topics that the
> > > > developers will not implement.
> > >
> > > I hadn't heard of Laurie's Law. Awesome. Learning this was worth the
> > entire
> > > thread.
> >
> > Observe the poster's name. ;) I think it's a new coinage -- although
> > one that's clearly true, as the cause-and-effect relationship is
> > obvious.
> >
> > /s/ Adam
> A way to draw a lesson from Laurie's law would be to twist it a bit:
>
> "Debate an issue hotly and you will be assured that the developers will
> never implement it."

Yes, I think that was the main problem of this thread. If you propose a 
change to Lua you *will* get negative posts: the Lua devs and as a 
consequence most of the Lua community is very careful about featuritis 
and code bloat. You have to be smart and *very* calm to get anywhere ...

> -Andrew

Philipp