Re: Can't interrupt tight loops in Lua 5.4 anymore?

[Ahmed Charles <acharles@...>]

> On May 26, 2020, at 11:48 AM, Viacheslav Usov <via.usov@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Which says: "Like any other reference manual, this document is dry in
> places." Which means that it recognizes that not everything is
> documented, but not all of that is really undefined behavior, i.e.,
> that some of the undocumented behaviors may actually be correct or
> incorrect, and Lua users may discover correct behaviors in some other
> way, and have expectations based on that. But then, of course, "no
> guarantees", and that does not matter.

Note, that is not what dry means when referring to writing. Dry writing is accurate but perhaps not engaging or creative. It’s admitting that like many references, it may not be fun to read. It makes no sense for a reference manual to admit to being unsuccessful at documenting the topic sufficiently.

Note: the manual referring to itself as dry is a great example of it being witty and engaging. I’d prefer not to lose that wit due to people misrepresenting it as an admittance that the manual is inaccurate.