Re: mathlib

[Michel Martens <soveran@...>]

On 6 April 2014 14:19, Rena <hyperhacker@gmail.com> wrote:
> One possible solution is to include mathx and other useful libraries as
> compiled libraries (.so/.dll) with the Lua binary distributions. They can
> easily be require()d or removed as needed.

If you include something only because it can easily be removed as
needed, it can be argued that you can leave it out because they can
easily be added as needed.

I don't like having extra code. The more batteries Lua includes, the
less attractive it becomes for me. Finding out whether a library or
some functionality should be included is more a matter of design
rather than a matter of usage patterns or popularity.

Is it really that painful to load mathx? I use external libraries in
my projects, and adding them is trivial. Why the need to have their
functionality as part of the standard library?