Re: A Lua pattern question about optional patterns

[Phil Leblanc <philanc@...>]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 6:55 PM Thorkil Naur <naur@post11.tele.dk> wrote:
>
>   Character class %z in patterns is deprecated, as now patterns may
>   contain '\0' as a regular character.
>
> Nevertheless, %z is still supported by at least the Lua 5.3.4 I checked:
>
Ah yes, now that you  mention it, it rings a bell...! :-)  I tried the
(nice!) pattern with Lua 5.3, and just didn't check older versions'
manual. ..

Thanks for your answer, and sorry for the noise

Phil