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Lua 5.3.0 (beta) is now available for testing at
	http://www.lua.org/work/lua-5.3.0-beta.tar.gz

MD5	e46b91de3d22a308d3350a14b242e2c7  -
SHA1	0fa2b527611fe3a1b083359ce15e91f27b108eec  -

This is a beta version. A few details may change in the final version.

The main change in Lua 5.3.0 is the introduction of integers. See also
	http://www.lua.org/work/doc/#changes

Another change, new in beta, is the introduction of string.pack and
string.unpack, which replace and extend string.dump* and string.undump*.

The complete diffs are available at
	http://www.lua.org/work/diffs-lua-5.3.0-alpha-beta.txt

A test suite is available at
	http://www.lua.org/work/lua-5.3.beta-tests.tar.gz

All feedback welcome. Thanks.
--lhf