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- Subject: Re: [ANN] Lua 5.4.5 (rc2) now available
- From: Andrew Gierth <andrew@...>
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 22:44:12 +0100
>>>>> "Roberto" == Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> writes:
>> You BROKE THE ABI with this version by adding a parameter to an
>> existing function (lua_resetthread).
>>
>> A program compiled against 5.4.(0-4) run against a shared library
>> from 5.4.5 will therefore almost certainly crash, and despite my
>> previous protests on this matter, there is no sane way for a program
>> to detect the minor version of the library that it has been linked
>> to. (And luaL_checkversion won't detect this mismatch.)
Roberto> Just to understand correctly: the program would "almost
Roberto> certainly crash" or it could crash only if it called
Roberto> lua_resetthread?
Obviously if it calls lua_resetthread.
--
Andrew.