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- Subject: Re: io.popen binary write compatibility
- From: Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 08:57:08 -0300
> Would it be permissible, then, for Lua to preserve this undefined
> status, instead of defining it (as an error)?
I think there is some confusion in this discussion. io.open does check
its mode. io.popen does not (at least currently): It passes its mode
untouched to the system's 'popen'. (And io.open does accept 'b',
following ANSI C.)
-- Roberto
