On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Tim Caswell <tim@creationix.com> wrote:
Is the `lit install ... creationix/uv ...` redundant? I don't need that
if I LuaRocks installed "luv" correct? This was just for the example.
Actually, it's not redundant, as the article describes later on:
The deps/uv.lua shim is literally nothing more than `return require
'luv'` that redirects any requires to the luarocks version
In luvi based apps (luvit and lit), the luv module is required as "uv",
but in the luarocks land, it's "luv". Most modules published to lit assume
the "uv" spelling. So this shim makes them continue to work even though
we're using the luarocks version.
OK it was not clear to me from the article, but this explanation makes
perfect sense.
Also why did we need LuaBitOpts installed. It is not used in any of the
examples? If it is a dependency for luv why not include that in your
LuaRocks dependency list?
Again most luvit modules are written for luvit, which means luajit where
the bit library is a built-in. But in this example we were using plain lua
so we needed to add the bitop library manually on the luarocks side so that
it would be compatible. It's not listed as a dependency since it's part of
luajit normally.
Hum I wish this could be automatic in LuaRocks. Does it hurt LuaJit to have
LuaBitOpts installed? If not, I suggest adding it to the LuaRocks this way
it will work always. This is just my personal forgetful selfs opinion, but
the framework looks so good I want everyone to have success.
