Re: [ANN] Lua 5.4.4 (rc1) now available

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> Hi, I am seeing a regression (or change of behavior) related to thread
> error states.
> 
> I have a test suite for the Lua API that I maintain as part of my project,
> and I downloaded Lua 5.4.4 (rc1) and ran it through the test suite and I am
> seeing consistent regressions with respect to thread error states not being
> set in threads after an error.  Has anything changed in that department?
> 
> Essentially, all of my tests that expect "a thread will be in an error
> status after throwing an uncaught error" are failing, meaning that the
> lua_status of such threads is not being set to the error status after an
> uncaught error.  If you like, I can investigate further and try to find a
> minimal reproducer, if you don't think this is expected.

For sure there was a change there. What we need to check is which
behavior is "correct", the new one or the old one.

In particular, now, when we call lua_resetthread, its status is set
to Ok again, while previously it remained unchanged.

-- Roberto