Re: Installing Lua on macOS in order to update Lua.

[nobody <nobody+lua-list@...>]

On 2018-02-27 20:31, Glenn Travis wrote:
> I might just go ahead and get it […] so that I can make corrections 
> to World of Warcraft add ons.

Reminder: WoW is still stuck at Lua 5.1 (and it also doesn't include a
complete, unmodified Lua) so not everything from the new book (that
targets 5.3) will apply.  (IIRC some of the other modifications / 
omissions were also "fun" surprises but (un/)luckily I don't recall the 
details because it's too far in the past...)

So if you don't know Lua (or programming in general) that well yet, I'd
_strongly_ suggest to learn with the normal Lua interpreter first until 
you know your way around, then learn what differs in WoW.  It's also 
easier to debug:  Endless loop in the Lua interpreter?  Hit ctrl-C, 
you're back at the prompt.  Endless loop in WoW Lua?  Have fun with a 
hanging fullscreen app, kill it (if you can), then do the whole login 
dance etc... (at least that's how it was a few years back.)

Good luck.

-- nobody