Groups

lua-l

Contact owners and managers

1–30 of 522

Welcome to lua-l, a list for discussing the Lua programming language, its uses, and its implementation. For further information, visit this page .

0 selected

Martin Eden, … Sean Conner7

Dec 2

AI technical writers are here!

It was thus said that the Great 'Martin Eden' via lua-l once stated: > > On 2025-11-29

unread,

AI technical writers are here!

It was thus said that the Great 'Martin Eden' via lua-l once stated: > > On 2025-11-29

Dec 2

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, … Bas Groothedde9

Dec 2

[ANN] Lua 5.5.0 (rc2) now available

> On 2 Dec 2025, at 21:25, Andrey Dobrovolsky <andrey.dobro...@gmail.com> wrote:

unread,

[ANN] Lua 5.5.0 (rc2) now available

> On 2 Dec 2025, at 21:25, Andrey Dobrovolsky <andrey.dobro...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dec 2

Jure Bagić, Roberto Ierusalimschy2

Dec 1

Small correction in lcorolib.c

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

unread,

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

unread,

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@

unread,

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

unread,

[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(

unread,

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.

unread,

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'

unread,

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

unread,

[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

Antonio Scuri, Sainan3

Nov 24

lua-mongo find after update returns outdated value

That's exactly the problem, I couldn't find a way to wait for the update to complete. There

unread,

lua-mongo find after update returns outdated value

That's exactly the problem, I couldn't find a way to wait for the update to complete. There

Nov 24

Rett Berg, … Sainan5

Nov 24

#t calls __len(t, t)?

Thanks everyone, glad to know it was a known behavior and may be removed. On Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 7:15

unread,

#t calls __len(t, t)?

Thanks everyone, glad to know it was a known behavior and may be removed. On Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 7:15

Nov 24

CppCXY, The Future of Programming6

Nov 24

[ANN] A rust base Lua 5.4 implement

Hello >> "Actually the first version was finished in three days, but its performance was

unread,

[ANN] A rust base Lua 5.4 implement

Hello >> "Actually the first version was finished in three days, but its performance was

Nov 24

Stefano Cossu, ppp vvv3

Nov 21

Race condition in garbage collection

That works like a charm and the garbage collection is now happening in the correct order. Thanks! On

unread,

Race condition in garbage collection

That works like a charm and the garbage collection is now happening in the correct order. Thanks! On

Nov 21

Nov 20

[ANN] Silly — coroutine-based Lua network framework

Hi all, This is the first time I'm introducing Silly to the public. Silly originally started as

unread,

[ANN] Silly — coroutine-based Lua network framework

Hi all, This is the first time I'm introducing Silly to the public. Silly originally started as

Nov 20

Stefano Cossu, … Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo5

Nov 20

Compiling Lua with dynamic library support

MYCFLAGS=-ggdb make linux does not add the flag but make linux MYCFLAGS=-ggdb does while leaving -

unread,

Compiling Lua with dynamic library support

MYCFLAGS=-ggdb make linux does not add the flag but make linux MYCFLAGS=-ggdb does while leaving -

Nov 20

Nov 19

[LPeg] Missing symbol visibility control

Hello, I notice LPeg does not control its exported API symbols, which causes issues when building

unread,

[LPeg] Missing symbol visibility control

Hello, I notice LPeg does not control its exported API symbols, which causes issues when building

Nov 19

Rett Berg, bil til3

Nov 17

lua_find C API?

Sorry, I should have been more clear. https://www.lua.org/source/5.4/lstrlib.c.html has "

unread,

lua_find C API?

Sorry, I should have been more clear. https://www.lua.org/source/5.4/lstrlib.c.html has "

Nov 17

LPr Pontex, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo2

Nov 17

Extra bytes to the compiled binary

> Is it possible that I add some bytes to the end of the compiled binaty ([...] eg a time stamp)

unread,

Extra bytes to the compiled binary

> Is it possible that I add some bytes to the end of the compiled binaty ([...] eg a time stamp)

Nov 17

Martin Eden, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo4

Nov 13

ltokenp feedback

> So we can rely that third argument FILTER() receives is string, Yes. > and if it is in angle

unread,

ltokenp feedback

> So we can rely that third argument FILTER() receives is string, Yes. > and if it is in angle

Nov 13

eugeny gladkih, … Bas Groothedde4

Nov 11

unused code removal

They are marked const, so they are not variables. Remove the const and see what happens. ~b On 11 Nov

unread,

unused code removal

They are marked const, so they are not variables. Remove the const and see what happens. ~b On 11 Nov

Nov 11

Sewbacca, … bil til20

Nov 9

Persistence of threads

On 11/9/2025 1:38 PM, bil til wrote: It will not do this RAM saving in standard Lua. But you can

unread,

Persistence of threads

On 11/9/2025 1:38 PM, bil til wrote: It will not do this RAM saving in standard Lua. But you can

Nov 9

Xmilia Hermit, … bil til7

Nov 9

Short external string not recognized by OP_GETVARG

> If I interprete this correctly, test(n,2) in the last line would then > be the same to invoke

unread,

Short external string not recognized by OP_GETVARG

> If I interprete this correctly, test(n,2) in the last line would then > be the same to invoke

Nov 9

Thijs Schreijer, … Martin Eden9

Nov 9

optimizing away a constant no-op function

On 2025-11-03 12:37, 'Thijs Schreijer' via lua-l wrote: > [...] Here's the concept:

unread,

optimizing away a constant no-op function

On 2025-11-03 12:37, 'Thijs Schreijer' via lua-l wrote: > [...] Here's the concept:

Nov 9

Sergey Bronnikov, … Roberto Ierusalimschy6

Nov 8

An assertion is triggered in luaG_errormsg

> On 11/6/2025 9:12 AM, 'Sainan' via lua-l wrote: > > Usage of debug library voids

unread,

An assertion is triggered in luaG_errormsg

> On 11/6/2025 9:12 AM, 'Sainan' via lua-l wrote: > > Usage of debug library voids

Nov 8

Andrey Dobrovolsky, … Roberto Ierusalimschy4

Nov 8

mmap() as an external string and zero-termination

> As for lua_pushexternalstring() requiring a terminating NUL byte, Lua > guarentees that any

unread,

mmap() as an external string and zero-termination

> As for lua_pushexternalstring() requiring a terminating NUL byte, Lua > guarentees that any

Nov 8

bil til, … Thijs Schreijer14

Nov 3

Enforce function use in a Lua source file

On Sun, 2 Nov 2025, at 03:46, Xavier Wang wrote: > If you familiar the “Parsing, not validating”[1

unread,

Enforce function use in a Lua source file

On Sun, 2 Nov 2025, at 03:46, Xavier Wang wrote: > If you familiar the “Parsing, not validating”[1

Nov 3

bil til, … Gé Weijers9

Nov 1

Lists of userdata in C code possible?

>when you traverse the list and find an object that meets your criteria you can't pass it to

unread,

Lists of userdata in C code possible?

>when you traverse the list and find an object that meets your criteria you can't pass it to

Nov 1

Sainan, … Sean Conner17

Oct 31

Suggestion: math.ule

It was thus said that the Great 'Sainan' via lua-l once stated: > Huh, that's

unread,

Suggestion: math.ule

It was thus said that the Great 'Sainan' via lua-l once stated: > Huh, that's

Oct 31

Vinay Sajip, … Thijs Schreijer5

Oct 31

Uninitialized data in Lua?

> Maybe a bit of narrowing down about what exactly is failing would help provide an explanation?

unread,

Uninitialized data in Lua?

> Maybe a bit of narrowing down about what exactly is failing would help provide an explanation?

Oct 31

Search

Clear search

Close search

Google apps

Main menu