Re: Compile LUA for 16-bit target problems/bug

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@...>]

On 09/02/2023 15:10, bil til wrote:
> Am Do., 9. Feb. 2023 um 13:53 Uhr schrieb Jiri Malak <malak.jiri@gmail.com>:
> > It looks like LUA supposes only two host systems.
> > 1. *NIX systems (POSIX)
> > 2. WIN32 system
>
> ???
>
> Where do you get this from?
>
> I use it for two applications, one is Win32/Win64, the other one is
> Embedded 32bit STM32/ARM Cortex M4 Microcontroller system... . Runs in
> both systems very nicely... .
>
> (except of course if I would try something like file open / read /
> write in STM32 - for this in such a Controller system you have to
> write your own file system - this is quite clear...).


You are using a MCU so you're using a /freestanding/ C implementation, 
and, as you rightfully say, C doesn't mandate to provide the full set of 
standard headers.

I suppose the OP would like Lua to work for a DOS /hosted/ C 
implementation, where the C I/O library header are provided in full (as 
per the C standard).

I guess Lua is designed for only those two /hosted/ C implementations in 
mind (Win32/64 and *NIX) and has some issues with other platforms C 
/hosted/ implementations (which is also understandable, since they are 
much rarer nowadays).

-- Lorenzo