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Martin Eden, … Milind Gupta10

Dec 4

[ANN] Lua code melder (lcm)

On 2024-12-03 18:25, Matthew Wild wrote: > I wrote the squish utility which is similar ( >

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[ANN] Lua code melder (lcm)

On 2024-12-03 18:25, Matthew Wild wrote: > I wrote the squish utility which is similar ( >

Dec 4

Maxim, Roberto Ierusalimschy3

Dec 3

Lua pcall inconsistency while dealing with SIGINT on Linux

> But really something is fishy about why io.lines() raises an error > when interrupted... That

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Lua pcall inconsistency while dealing with SIGINT on Linux

> But really something is fishy about why io.lines() raises an error > when interrupted... That

Dec 3

Jure Bagić, … Roberto Ierusalimschy4

Dec 3

Size of Lua closure bug?

> This code looks correct to me, as `upvals` is an array of pointers, so in effect it could also

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Size of Lua closure bug?

> This code looks correct to me, as `upvals` is an array of pointers, so in effect it could also

Dec 3

Sergey Bronnikov, … Martin Eden3

Dec 3

[Proposal] introduce a new event in a Lua hook mechanism

Hello Sergey and Sean, Code doesn't need comparisons to behave conditionally. In some cases it

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[Proposal] introduce a new event in a Lua hook mechanism

Hello Sergey and Sean, Code doesn't need comparisons to behave conditionally. In some cases it

Dec 3

Martin Eden, … Frank Dana (FeRD)11

Dec 2

load('#!/usr/local/bin/lua')()

On 2024-12-02 04:37, Frank Dana (FeRD) wrote: > ...Why? The execute bit is meaningless to Lua, so

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load('#!/usr/local/bin/lua')()

On 2024-12-02 04:37, Frank Dana (FeRD) wrote: > ...Why? The execute bit is meaningless to Lua, so

Dec 2

Soni "They/Them" L., Roberto Ierusalimschy3

Nov 27

xpcall chaining

yes, we understand. yet, we kinda want something lower-cost that we can use for exception-oriented

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xpcall chaining

yes, we understand. yet, we kinda want something lower-cost that we can use for exception-oriented

Nov 27

Sankalp Chhabra

Nov 26

Paid project | Lua Developers required

Hi, I run a recruitment consulting firm. Presently, I am looking for Lua Developers (contractual /

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Paid project | Lua Developers required

Hi, I run a recruitment consulting firm. Presently, I am looking for Lua Developers (contractual /

Nov 26

Nov 25

[ANN] Linear "plasm" gradient image generator

Hello guys, I've wrapped gradient generation algorithm to separate repo: https://github.com/

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[ANN] Linear "plasm" gradient image generator

Hello guys, I've wrapped gradient generation algorithm to separate repo: https://github.com/

Nov 25

Gerrit Sangel, … rolf.kal...@kalbermatter.nl6

Nov 25

Terminal opening on os.execute() and io.popen()

On 23 November 2024 at 10:33:52 +01:00, Gerrit Sangel wrote: > On the other hand, this is not an

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Terminal opening on os.execute() and io.popen()

On 23 November 2024 at 10:33:52 +01:00, Gerrit Sangel wrote: > On the other hand, this is not an

Nov 25

Zingle Zingle, … Gé Weijers5

Nov 24

Interesting load() bug

'load' sets the first upvalue of the loaded code to its environment parameter. When Lua

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Interesting load() bug

'load' sets the first upvalue of the loaded code to its environment parameter. When Lua

Nov 24

Jure Bagić, … Rett Berg14

Nov 22

Man pages for core C API?

Thanks for doing this! Even if it has a few bugs, it would be nice to get something into the core lua

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Man pages for core C API?

Thanks for doing this! Even if it has a few bugs, it would be nice to get something into the core lua

Nov 22

Sainan, … Philippe Verdy7

Nov 17

Performance curiosity: table.insert + table.concat outperformed by OP_CONCAT

Indeed the reason I was benching it was to make sure my buffer library implementation was worthwhile,

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Performance curiosity: table.insert + table.concat outperformed by OP_CONCAT

Indeed the reason I was benching it was to make sure my buffer library implementation was worthwhile,

Nov 17

Berwyn Hoyt, … Pierre Chapuis4

Nov 15

Lua API and benchmark design using 3n+1 sequences: Comparing API elegance and raw speed in Redis and YottaDB databases

Hi Pierre, Thanks for the interaction, and you have picked up on an important point: I have not read

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Lua API and benchmark design using 3n+1 sequences: Comparing API elegance and raw speed in Redis and YottaDB databases

Hi Pierre, Thanks for the interaction, and you have picked up on an important point: I have not read

Nov 15

Matthew Wild, … Benoit Germain11

Nov 15

pcall into suspended threads in 5.4

Hello, You could be interested in looking into how Lanes does it, since there is coroutine support.

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pcall into suspended threads in 5.4

Hello, You could be interested in looking into how Lanes does it, since there is coroutine support.

Nov 15

Tom Sutcliffe, Roberto Ierusalimschy2

Nov 12

string.unpack behaviour change in 5.4 when pos=0

> Wanted to highlight an interesting bug we found when switching a project between Lua 5.3 and 5.4

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string.unpack behaviour change in 5.4 when pos=0

> Wanted to highlight an interesting bug we found when switching a project between Lua 5.3 and 5.4

Nov 12

Wenjie Yuan (HoofCushion), … Denis Dos Santos Silva8

Nov 7

A safer way to use `load` as a deserializer.

this project can help. https://github.com/ejoy/elpack/ Em segunda-feira, 4 de novembro de 2024 às 16:

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A safer way to use `load` as a deserializer.

this project can help. https://github.com/ejoy/elpack/ Em segunda-feira, 4 de novembro de 2024 às 16:

Nov 7

Rana Ayaz, … Thijs Schreijer10

Nov 6

Help regarding google cloud vision api in lua

No I don't think it will work properly with Google Cloud API either because it is built around

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Help regarding google cloud vision api in lua

No I don't think it will work properly with Google Cloud API either because it is built around

Nov 6

Nov 5

[ANN] Plain pixmap loader/saver

Hello list, Last week I was dealing with "Plain pixmap" text format (https://netpbm.

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[ANN] Plain pixmap loader/saver

Hello list, Last week I was dealing with "Plain pixmap" text format (https://netpbm.

Nov 5

Thijs Schreijer, … Andrey Dobrovolsky3

Nov 5

Docs; __metatable not listed

Let me also remind about the __pairs metamethod: https://www.lua.org/manual/5.4/manual.html#pdf-pairs

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Docs; __metatable not listed

Let me also remind about the __pairs metamethod: https://www.lua.org/manual/5.4/manual.html#pdf-pairs

Nov 5

Sainan, … Foster3

Oct 31

[ANN] Pluto 0.10.0

I like the upgrades. Pluto is Lua with Batteries and some added solar power. My favorite add has been

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[ANN] Pluto 0.10.0

I like the upgrades. Pluto is Lua with Batteries and some added solar power. My favorite add has been

Oct 31

Ikhsan Raufudin

Oct 31

Add keywords 'is' in lua, This will be simple 'a is b' not 'a == b'

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Add keywords 'is' in lua, This will be simple 'a is b' not 'a == b'

Oct 31

Martin Eden, … Luther Thompson4

Oct 29

next({1}, 1): nil or fail?

On 2024-10-29 22:21, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: > I don't know whether the analogy with Icon

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next({1}, 1): nil or fail?

On 2024-10-29 22:21, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: > I don't know whether the analogy with Icon

Oct 29

Berwyn Hoyt, … John Belmonte10

Oct 29

Does anybody manage lua-users wiki?

@John Belmonte, I'm afraid it still does not appear to be unlocked. Even if I go the the unlock

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Does anybody manage lua-users wiki?

@John Belmonte, I'm afraid it still does not appear to be unlocked. Even if I go the the unlock

Oct 29

Christophe Crochet, … Martin Eden3

Oct 26

Bug: random function name in error message

On 2024-10-25 22:43, Christophe Crochet wrote: > When a C function is copied, if that function

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Bug: random function name in error message

On 2024-10-25 22:43, Christophe Crochet wrote: > When a C function is copied, if that function

Oct 26

Martin Eden, … Thadeu de Paula13

Oct 23

[ANN] Itness: strings tree format

Hello list, I've updated "Itness" format reference implementation. ( Threw away code

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[ANN] Itness: strings tree format

Hello list, I've updated "Itness" format reference implementation. ( Threw away code

Oct 23

Francisco Olarte, … Roberto Ierusalimschy6

Oct 22

Userdata question.

Hi. On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 at 15:30, Roberto Ierusalimschy <rob...@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote: >

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Userdata question.

Hi. On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 at 15:30, Roberto Ierusalimschy <rob...@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote: >

Oct 22

Martin Eden, … sur-behoffski16

Oct 21

[patterns] How to describe empty set?

G'day, I copied a copious amount of C from the Linux kernel sources... 4 gigabytes of text (*.[ch

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[patterns] How to describe empty set?

G'day, I copied a copious amount of C from the Linux kernel sources... 4 gigabytes of text (*.[ch

Oct 21

Oct 18

call saved function, missing 'where' info?

#include "./lua/lauxlib.h" #include "./lua/lua.h" #include <stdio.h> #

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call saved function, missing 'where' info?

#include "./lua/lauxlib.h" #include "./lua/lua.h" #include <stdio.h> #

Oct 18

Craig Haywood, Roberto Ierusalimschy4

Oct 17

Increase supported amount of type variants

> As an initial step, I have created a new Lua type, and defined four > possible variants. I

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Increase supported amount of type variants

> As an initial step, I have created a new Lua type, and defined four > possible variants. I

Oct 17

Thijs Schreijer, … Denis Dos Santos Silva6

Oct 15

[ANN] uuid 1.0.0 released

note: uuid have some variants A Complete Guide to UUID Versions (v1, v4, v5) - With Examples https://

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[ANN] uuid 1.0.0 released

note: uuid have some variants A Complete Guide to UUID Versions (v1, v4, v5) - With Examples https://

Oct 15

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