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Badr Elmers, Scott Morgan2

5:03 AM

How to pass Unicode utf8 as command line arguments to a Lua script?

On 13/06/2025 04:12, Badr Elmers wrote: > I m building a command line tool using Lua, users may

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How to pass Unicode utf8 as command line arguments to a Lua script?

On 13/06/2025 04:12, Badr Elmers wrote: > I m building a command line tool using Lua, users may

5:03 AM

4:25 AM

`Assertion `0' failed.` in lua_getmetatable

Hi! We found an assertion failure crash when testing with the fuzzing driver luaL_dostring_test PoC:

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`Assertion `0' failed.` in lua_getmetatable

Hi! We found an assertion failure crash when testing with the fuzzing driver luaL_dostring_test PoC:

4:25 AM

Michael Bonnet, … mjmouse99996

Jun 11

Canonical way to return values representable in unsigned 64 bit integers

Comparisons can be done with `math.ult`[1] (unsigned less than). [1]. https://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/

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Canonical way to return values representable in unsigned 64 bit integers

Comparisons can be done with `math.ult`[1] (unsigned less than). [1]. https://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/

Jun 11

vamsi kalapala, … Ką Mykolas3

Jun 11

Solving Project Euler (easy) problems in Lua.

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM vamsi kalapala <vamsi1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am

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Solving Project Euler (easy) problems in Lua.

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM vamsi kalapala <vamsi1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am

Jun 11

Eleanor Bartle, Pierre Chapuis2

Jun 11

Question: Direct-Threaded Interpreter

This interpreter relies on the compiler supporting tail calls in C with __attribute__((musttail)) A

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Question: Direct-Threaded Interpreter

This interpreter relies on the compiler supporting tail calls in C with __attribute__((musttail)) A

Jun 11

Alexander Walz, … Michael Bonnet4

Jun 10

LHF's Lua script-to-binary executable utility

This is a little far from the specific topic, but I've used `xxd -i` to turn Lua files into byte

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LHF's Lua script-to-binary executable utility

This is a little far from the specific topic, but I've used `xxd -i` to turn Lua files into byte

Jun 10

Jun 9

Lua 5.4.8 for OS/2 and DOS now available at Sourceforge

Good Day, OS/2 and DOS binaries of the latest Lua 5.4.8 release are now available at https://

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Lua 5.4.8 for OS/2 and DOS now available at Sourceforge

Good Day, OS/2 and DOS binaries of the latest Lua 5.4.8 release are now available at https://

Jun 9

Stefano, Matthew Wild2

Jun 9

5.4 constant in C API

On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 at 14:47, 'Stefano' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >

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5.4 constant in C API

On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 at 14:47, 'Stefano' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >

Jun 9

Federico Ferri, … Andrey Dobrovolsky7

Jun 8

assign a local variable in the caller’s scope from a function?

Really, locals are not part of the environment and can be reached with debug.getlocal() (find local

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assign a local variable in the caller’s scope from a function?

Really, locals are not part of the environment and can be reached with debug.getlocal() (find local

Jun 8

Kritzel Kratzel

Jun 8

[ANN] OneLuaPro 5.4.8.0 now available

OneLuaPro v5.4.8.0 has been released: Download: https://github.com/OneLuaPro/OneLuaPro/releases/tag/

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[ANN] OneLuaPro 5.4.8.0 now available

OneLuaPro v5.4.8.0 has been released: Download: https://github.com/OneLuaPro/OneLuaPro/releases/tag/

Jun 8

Stefano Cossu, … Denis Dos Santos Silva7

Jun 6

Building multi-module C package

Yes, eventually I'll build a rock because it's a library, but for now I wanted to leave that

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Building multi-module C package

Yes, eventually I'll build a rock because it's a library, but for now I wanted to leave that

Jun 6

Augusto Rodrigues, … Denis Dos Santos Silva9

Jun 5

Doubts about Folder structure + licenses for Lua stuff

a real world example https://legato.io/ https://docs.legato.io/latest/

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Doubts about Folder structure + licenses for Lua stuff

a real world example https://legato.io/ https://docs.legato.io/latest/

Jun 5

Sergey Bronnikov, Sainan2

Jun 4

SIGABORT in lundump.c on parsing constants in bytecode

> protection against malicious bytecode The only protection against malicious bytecode is not

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SIGABORT in lundump.c on parsing constants in bytecode

> protection against malicious bytecode The only protection against malicious bytecode is not

Jun 4

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo

Jun 4

[ANN] Lua 5.4.8 now available

Lua 5.4.8 has been frozen and is now the current release of Lua 5.4. Lua 5.4.8 fixes all bugs listed

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[ANN] Lua 5.4.8 now available

Lua 5.4.8 has been frozen and is now the current release of Lua 5.4. Lua 5.4.8 fixes all bugs listed

Jun 4

Robert Virding, … Sainan31

Jun 3

How string.format implements %q

That's the erlang way. It's in the docs. Robert On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 at 23:03, 'Sainan'

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How string.format implements %q

That's the erlang way. It's in the docs. Robert On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 at 23:03, 'Sainan'

Jun 3

Sainan, blog...@gmail.com3

Jun 2

chunkname is seemingly ignored when loading bytecode

Test all lua from 5.1 to 5.5 * https://paste.debian.net/1377860/ 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 from Debain Sid, 5.5

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chunkname is seemingly ignored when loading bytecode

Test all lua from 5.1 to 5.5 * https://paste.debian.net/1377860/ 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 from Debain Sid, 5.5

Jun 2

Jun 2

Lua 5.4 GC steps doing too much work/effort?

HI, a while ago I posted a question in a commit, and now want to ask here in the mailing list: https:

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Lua 5.4 GC steps doing too much work/effort?

HI, a while ago I posted a question in a commit, and now want to ask here in the mailing list: https:

Jun 2

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, … Tom Sutcliffe10

Jun 1

[ANN] Lua 5.4.8 (rc1) now available

No issues found compiling LuaSwift for macOS (using Xcode 16.3) and running its test suite, or

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[ANN] Lua 5.4.8 (rc1) now available

No issues found compiling LuaSwift for macOS (using Xcode 16.3) and running its test suite, or

Jun 1

Sainan, Roberto Ierusalimschy3

May 27

Possible issue with constructor limits

> > I just saw commit 267ef461d0b13aa28d667f12d1a61452c9db529c ("Bug: check for

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Possible issue with constructor limits

> > I just saw commit 267ef461d0b13aa28d667f12d1a61452c9db529c ("Bug: check for

May 27

Edoardo Lolletti, Sainan3

May 23

lua_gc not documented as possibly raising errors

I see, I had forgotten about that detail, thanks Il 23/05/2025 18:49, 'Sainan' via lua-l ha

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lua_gc not documented as possibly raising errors

I see, I had forgotten about that detail, thanks Il 23/05/2025 18:49, 'Sainan' via lua-l ha

May 23

Bernard L'île, Lourival Vieira Neto2

May 21

libinput author plans lua plugins and wants feedback from experienced lua users

On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM 'Bernard L'île' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com>

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libinput author plans lua plugins and wants feedback from experienced lua users

On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM 'Bernard L'île' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com>

May 21

Jonne Ransijn, blog...@gmail.com2

May 21

Proposal: Allow `function name() ... end` inside of tables.

Looks nice but it hard incompatibility + no way for create backward compatibility code :( It looks

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Proposal: Allow `function name() ... end` inside of tables.

Looks nice but it hard incompatibility + no way for create backward compatibility code :( It looks

May 21

Eleanor Bartle, … Yan8

May 20

Pathological Erroneous Reclamation

Oh, I see, the colours are for barriers. That makes more sense. So, OLD1 is changed to OLD at the

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Pathological Erroneous Reclamation

Oh, I see, the colours are for barriers. That makes more sense. So, OLD1 is changed to OLD at the

May 20

Stefan Heinzmann, … Bas Groothedde10

May 20

mmap support for compiled Lua

> On 20 May 2025, at 19:59, Roberto Ierusalimschy <rob...@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote: > >

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mmap support for compiled Lua

> On 20 May 2025, at 19:59, Roberto Ierusalimschy <rob...@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote: > >

May 20

Rodrigo Delduca, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo3

May 20

Fails to build on iOS: 'system' is unavailable: not available on iOS

It worked, thank you! On Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 8:01:27 AM UTC-3 Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:

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Fails to build on iOS: 'system' is unavailable: not available on iOS

It worked, thank you! On Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 8:01:27 AM UTC-3 Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:

May 20

Thijs Schreijer, Denis Dos Santos Silva2

May 20

[ANN]: Mediator2 - a mediator pattern implementation for Lua

awesome job!!! Em segunda-feira, 19 de maio de 2025 às 14:41:02 UTC-3, Thijs Schreijer escreveu: List

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[ANN]: Mediator2 - a mediator pattern implementation for Lua

awesome job!!! Em segunda-feira, 19 de maio de 2025 às 14:41:02 UTC-3, Thijs Schreijer escreveu: List

May 20

Sergey Bronnikov, Roberto Ierusalimschy2

May 18

UBsan: member access within null pointer of type 'struct TString'

> There is an issue in a Lua source code introduced by commit >

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UBsan: member access within null pointer of type 'struct TString'

> There is an issue in a Lua source code introduced by commit >

May 18

Dmitiry Ryzhenko, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo2

May 15

Lua 5.4 upvalue bug?

Thanks for the report. It's a known bug: https://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.4.7-2

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Lua 5.4 upvalue bug?

Thanks for the report. It's a known bug: https://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.4.7-2

May 15

blog...@gmail.com, … Scott Morgan3

May 11

package.loadlib for specific cases

On 11/05/2025 16:22, blog...@gmail.com wrote: > 1 - Im known what package.loadlib lowlevel call

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package.loadlib for specific cases

On 11/05/2025 16:22, blog...@gmail.com wrote: > 1 - Im known what package.loadlib lowlevel call

May 11

最萌小汐, … 云风 Cloud Wu10

May 6

Performance issues when deleting some keys during table construction

Thank you very much for your help. The performance issue I encountered in the background was indeed

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Performance issues when deleting some keys during table construction

Thank you very much for your help. The performance issue I encountered in the background was indeed

May 6

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