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On Apr 7, 2014 12:57 PM, "steve donovan" <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Christopher Berardi
> <cberardi32@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would like to see a comprehensive (3rd party) math library for Lua, one
> > that could be used for a wide variety of mathematical disciplines instead.
>
> Well, there's lhf's lmathx, binds the extra C99 functions.  Then
> things get ... complicated, because people have different mathematical
> needs.

Getting a common and useful subset for a sizable userbase is the tricky part. Or, fill a niche market. My areas of interest are not the same as other peoples which are different yet again from some else. But a stab at it may give me something to do.

> > I'll also put myself with those who want a more robust and expressive
> > require function.
>
> But precisely what does this mean?

For one example of expressiveness, and I know its been beaten to death before, would be akin to Python's import statement:
    import module1
    import module2 as m2
    import module3, module4
    from module5 import func1, func2
    ...