On 14 June 2017 at 15:00, Dirk Laurie <
dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I find, increasingly often, that on my Linux system I no longer bother
> looking whether someone has written a library with Lua bindings
> for some sophisticated standard library [1]. Instead, I do it with
> os.execute.
>
> This sounds quick-and-dirty, but I wonder whether in the long run,
> it might not be more portable and require less maintenance.
>
> -- Dirk
>
> [1] For example, suppose I have ripped a CD into a disk image.
> There is a huge binary file sitting there that in principle you could
> edit, play etc. The `sox` utility seems intent on supporting the tiniest
> obscure feature. Sure, reading the manpage for `sox` is hard work,
> but reading the documentation for `libsox` is a damn sight harder.
> So I write a Lua frontend that simply assembles the command lines
> for the editing/playback calls.
>
I do this a lot, and like Dirk I sometimes wonder if it's best practice. I'm usually only writing for myself though.
