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On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 6:14 PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:

> So, if by "truly portable" you mean we can prove it is correct following the ANSI C documentation (which is our usual meaning, too), then you are right. But if we assume that "truly portable" means it will run correctly in any existing machine, than I guess that function is OK.

That is very good news, Roberto! Having it this way eliminates the headache of how one could break into and/or stop some silly Lua script written by a clueless user without killing the whole application.

Any opinion on the interruptable/cancellable idea? Or should I expand more?

Cheers,
V.