Re: Introducing LuaZDF - Lua Zero Dependency Functions

[Alexander Schulz <aiqpost@...>]

> Am 13.02.2018 um 22:45 schrieb Sean Conner <sean@conman.org>:
> 
> It was thus said that the Great Alexander Schulz once stated:
>> 
>> The main problems on using packages often are the dependencies and their
>> management. For example almost all package managers force you to define a
>> required version for a package. My experience is that in most cases the
>> packages are just defining the minimum version and ignore a maximum
>> version where the code compiles or runs correctly. I unterstand the
>> motivation but it breaks my code so often - it really hurts.
> 
>  I'm not sure what you are saying here.  At the one extream, you can
> specify:
> 
> 	dependencies =
> 	{
> 	  "lua" -- any version of Lua, even 1.0!
> 	}
> 
> and at the other end:
> 
> 	dependencies =
> 	{
> 	  "lua >= 5.1, < 5.4"
> 	}

I know that this is possible, but my experience is that in most cases the packages
do just definine the minimum version with the hope that the interface does not break.
It’s not just Luarocks packages.

> 
> If you stuff really is zero dependency functions, then what's the problem
> with specifying "lua >= 5.1, < 5.4" (where Lua 5.4 doesn't exist yet)?
> 
>  -spc

I know, I've thought a lot about that how to include different versions of the functions 
for specific Lua Version. I haven’t found a good answer.
I am open for ideas.

Thanks.