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Chenchen Zhuo (lunoctis), Roberto Ierusalimschy3

1:53 PM

is LUA_NUMBER_FMT_N caused accuracy errors?

> > after set "LUA_NUMBER_FMT" and "LUA_NUMBER_FMT_N" to "%.14g"

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is LUA_NUMBER_FMT_N caused accuracy errors?

> > after set "LUA_NUMBER_FMT" and "LUA_NUMBER_FMT_N" to "%.14g"

1:53 PM

Federico Ferri, … Tomás Guisasola5

6:45 AM

Subtle bug indirectly caused by require() and case-insensitive filesystems

Hi Federico, > Hi Tomas, that's a clever idea, however it requires to have all modules in

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Subtle bug indirectly caused by require() and case-insensitive filesystems

Hi Federico, > Hi Tomas, that's a clever idea, however it requires to have all modules in

6:45 AM

云风 Cloud Wu, Xmilia Hermit6

3:32 AM

Optimization for Arrays of Uniform Types

Xmilia Hermit <xmilia...@gmail.com> 于2025年12月18日周四 15:53写道： > > Cloud Wu: > >

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Optimization for Arrays of Uniform Types

Xmilia Hermit <xmilia...@gmail.com> 于2025年12月18日周四 15:53写道： > > Cloud Wu: > >

3:32 AM

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, Sainan3

Dec 16

[ANN] Lua 5.5.0 (rc4) now available

> 104b0fc7008b1f6b7d818985fbbad05cd37ee654 is still the latest commit on the github mirror. commit

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[ANN] Lua 5.5.0 (rc4) now available

> 104b0fc7008b1f6b7d818985fbbad05cd37ee654 is still the latest commit on the github mirror. commit

Dec 16

Sergey Bronnikov, … Roberto Ierusalimschy13

Dec 15

Memory leak on execution a Lua chunk

On Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:09:51 PM UTC+3 Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: > > Yes, the

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Memory leak on execution a Lua chunk

On Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:09:51 PM UTC+3 Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: > > Yes, the

Dec 15

IK, Philippe Verdy2

Dec 12

Clarification on docs regarding EBNF

Rounded braces in EBNF syntax are for optional *unlimited repetitions* of its content (so 0 to n):

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Clarification on docs regarding EBNF

Rounded braces in EBNF syntax are for optional *unlimited repetitions* of its content (so 0 to n):

Dec 12

SOMIL DEDHIYA, Sewbacca2

Dec 11

Seeking Guidance on How to Start Learning Lua internals (open source).

I'm new to the Lua ecosystem and would like to begin learning Lua open-source project. However, I

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Seeking Guidance on How to Start Learning Lua internals (open source).

I'm new to the Lua ecosystem and would like to begin learning Lua open-source project. However, I

Dec 11

Jure Bagić, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo5

Dec 11

LUA_ENV might have embedded '\0' ('strcmp' in symbolic execution)

On 25/12/11 01:16PM, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote: > > LUA_ENV might have multiple '\0

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LUA_ENV might have embedded '\0' ('strcmp' in symbolic execution)

On 25/12/11 01:16PM, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote: > > LUA_ENV might have multiple '\0

Dec 11

Jochen Guck, mjmouse99993

Dec 11

[ANN] Alpha Release of TENUM – Lua on Kotlin Multiplatform (Open Source)

Hi, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We used the Redis Source Available License 2.0 as a

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[ANN] Alpha Release of TENUM – Lua on Kotlin Multiplatform (Open Source)

Hi, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We used the Redis Source Available License 2.0 as a

Dec 11

Stefano Cossu, … Denis Dos Santos Silva6

Dec 10

Compiling Lua with dynamic library support

recommended flags: -Og and -g3 Em quinta-feira, 20 de novembro de 2025 às 19:46:14 UTC-3, Stefano

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Compiling Lua with dynamic library support

recommended flags: -Og and -g3 Em quinta-feira, 20 de novembro de 2025 às 19:46:14 UTC-3, Stefano

Dec 10

Martin Eden, … Sean Conner10

Dec 9

AI technical writers are here!

It was thus said that the Great 'Martin Eden' via lua-l once stated: > > On 2025-12-03

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AI technical writers are here!

It was thus said that the Great 'Martin Eden' via lua-l once stated: > > On 2025-12-03

Dec 9

云风 Cloud Wu, … Francisco Olarte10

Dec 9

Proposal : Constant(immtable) object

'Martin Eden' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com> 于2025年12月9日周二 21:37写道： > > >

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Proposal : Constant(immtable) object

'Martin Eden' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com> 于2025年12月9日周二 21:37写道： > > >

Dec 9

bil til, … Philippe Verdy7

Dec 9

Decompile Lua bin to Lua text file possible?

Am Mo., 8. Dez. 2025 um 11:29 Uhr schrieb Philippe Verdy <ver...@gmail.com>: > integrating

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Decompile Lua bin to Lua text file possible?

Am Mo., 8. Dez. 2025 um 11:29 Uhr schrieb Philippe Verdy <ver...@gmail.com>: > integrating

Dec 9

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, sur-behoffski2

Dec 8

[ANN] Lua 5.5.0 (rc3) now available

On 2025-12-09 04:16, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote: > Lua 5.5 is the next version of Lua. >

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[ANN] Lua 5.5.0 (rc3) now available

On 2025-12-09 04:16, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote: > Lua 5.5 is the next version of Lua. >

Dec 8

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, … Gé Weijers27

Dec 8

[ANN] Lua 5.5.0 (rc2) now available

> If there were no such plans, could the compiler detect that the control variable is being

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[ANN] Lua 5.5.0 (rc2) now available

> If there were no such plans, could the compiler detect that the control variable is being

Dec 8

Jochen Guck, Martin Eden3

Dec 8

[ANN] Todoodle — Full-stack event-sourced demo app written entirely in Lua

Right now it is closed source. But we are working on the open source version right now. Therefore, we

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[ANN] Todoodle — Full-stack event-sourced demo app written entirely in Lua

Right now it is closed source. But we are working on the open source version right now. Therefore, we

Dec 8

Martin Eden, … Bas Groothedde4

Dec 6

[Proposal] Bytecode decompiler

> On 6 Dec 2025, at 10:53, 'Martin Eden' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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[Proposal] Bytecode decompiler

> On 6 Dec 2025, at 10:53, 'Martin Eden' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Dec 6

Artem Popov, … Sainan8

Dec 6

Yielding in __close metamethod goes across a C-call boundary

> May I ask why have you used tn with the packed arguments table instead of #t? It's a really

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Yielding in __close metamethod goes across a C-call boundary

> May I ask why have you used tn with the packed arguments table instead of #t? It's a really

Dec 6

Dec 5

Use new macro 'pushvfstring' inside 'luaO_pushfstring'

lobject.c:662 function 'luaO_pushfstring' > const char *luaO_pushfstring (lua_State *L,

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Use new macro 'pushvfstring' inside 'luaO_pushfstring'

lobject.c:662 function 'luaO_pushfstring' > const char *luaO_pushfstring (lua_State *L,

Dec 5

Jure Bagić, Roberto Ierusalimschy2

Dec 5

> I think this is invalid assert in lcode.c:1373 'luaK_indexed' function: > > ...

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> I think this is invalid assert in lcode.c:1373 'luaK_indexed' function: > > ...

Dec 5

Lourival Vieira Neto

Dec 4

LabLua – GSoC 2025 Wrap-up and Preparations for 2026

Hi folks, LabLua has just wrapped up its participation in Google Summer of Code 2025, marking our

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LabLua – GSoC 2025 Wrap-up and Preparations for 2026

Hi folks, LabLua has just wrapped up its participation in Google Summer of Code 2025, marking our

Dec 4

Jure Bagić, … Sainan5

Dec 4

LUA_ENV might not be the "_ENV" string

I'm sure there's a macro metaprogamming exercise here somewhere. :^) -- Sainan

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LUA_ENV might not be the "_ENV" string

I'm sure there's a macro metaprogamming exercise here somewhere. :^) -- Sainan

Dec 4

Jure Bagić, Roberto Ierusalimschy2

Dec 1

Small correction in lcorolib.c

> In lcorolib.c:199 (latest commit 4cf498210e6a60637a7abb06d32460ec21efdbdc) > > default: /*

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Small correction in lcorolib.c

> In lcorolib.c:199 (latest commit 4cf498210e6a60637a7abb06d32460ec21efdbdc) > > default: /*

Dec 1

Rett Berg, … Gé Weijers7

Dec 1

put label after return?

On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM Rett Berg <goog...@gmail.com> wrote: [...] ... if true return

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put label after return?

On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM Rett Berg <goog...@gmail.com> wrote: [...] ... if true return

Dec 1

Maxime Henrion, … Sainan4

Nov 30

luaL_error() and related functions should be tagged as noreturn

Thank you for the reply, that makes sense! On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM Sean Conner <sean@

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luaL_error() and related functions should be tagged as noreturn

Thank you for the reply, that makes sense! On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM Sean Conner <sean@

Nov 30

daniel...@proton.me, … Rett Berg6

Nov 29

[ANN] The Tiny Lua Compiler - A self-hosting, educational implementation of Lua 5.1

> How does it handle garbage collection? It's pure-lua. My guess is it uses the underlying lua

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[ANN] The Tiny Lua Compiler - A self-hosting, educational implementation of Lua 5.1

> How does it handle garbage collection? It's pure-lua. My guess is it uses the underlying lua

Nov 29

Nov 28

debug API extension

Hi, that's ugly code, isn't it? … format_caller( lua_State *L, lua_Debug *ar ) { lua_getinfo(

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debug API extension

Hi, that's ugly code, isn't it? … format_caller( lua_State *L, lua_Debug *ar ) { lua_getinfo(

Nov 28

Jure Bagić, Roberto Ierusalimschy3

Nov 27

Add 'if _heavy then' check in 'testes/locals.lua' to prevent OOM

On 25/11/27 12:57PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: > > Would be nice to add 'if _heavy then.

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Add 'if _heavy then' check in 'testes/locals.lua' to prevent OOM

On 25/11/27 12:57PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: > > Would be nice to add 'if _heavy then.

Nov 27

Jure Bagić, Roberto Ierusalimschy3

Nov 27

Handling of the interrupted OP_TAILCALL instruction

On 25/11/27 12:52PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: > > Just wondering if 'luaV_finishOp'

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Handling of the interrupted OP_TAILCALL instruction

On 25/11/27 12:52PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: > > Just wondering if 'luaV_finishOp'

Nov 27

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, … 最萌小汐30

Nov 27

[ANN] Lua 5.5.0 (rc1) now available

Thank you for your explanation! I never noticed that this was a runtime error, so it's much

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[ANN] Lua 5.5.0 (rc1) now available

Thank you for your explanation! I never noticed that this was a runtime error, so it's much

Nov 27

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