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Stefan Heinzmann, … bil til6

May 16

mmap support for compiled Lua

Wow, what a SUPER GREAT news, thanks a lot. Strings are no problem to start on byte code. ARM Cortex-

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mmap support for compiled Lua

Wow, what a SUPER GREAT news, thanks a lot. Strings are no problem to start on byte code. ARM Cortex-

May 16

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

Eleanor Bartle, … Yan7

May 15

Pathological Erroneous Reclamation

`G_OLD1` may still points to `G_SURVIVAL` (REMEMBER: `G_OLD1` don't point to `G_NEW`). So in `

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Pathological Erroneous Reclamation

`G_OLD1` may still points to `G_SURVIVAL` (REMEMBER: `G_OLD1` don't point to `G_NEW`). So in `

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

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, … 云风 Cloud Wu13

May 2

The evolution of Lua, continued

Coda Highland <chig...@gmail.com> 于2025年5月3日周六 02:12写道： > > The performance delta when

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The evolution of Lua, continued

Coda Highland <chig...@gmail.com> 于2025年5月3日周六 02:12写道： > > The performance delta when

May 2

May 2

Lua GC: question about `issweepphase` in `udata2finalize`

From the discussion in http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2014-11/msg00294.html, I understand the

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Lua GC: question about `issweepphase` in `udata2finalize`

From the discussion in http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2014-11/msg00294.html, I understand the

May 2

LPr Pontex, … Thijs Schreijer12

Apr 29

Luarocks to target multiple Lua versions and architectures (32/64 b)

Hello Thijs, I finally built both the 32b and 64b versions of various Lua versions ("dialects

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Luarocks to target multiple Lua versions and architectures (32/64 b)

Hello Thijs, I finally built both the 32b and 64b versions of various Lua versions ("dialects

Apr 29

Indhu Mathi, … Roberto Ierusalimschy4

Apr 29

Facing performance degradation while upgrading LUA software from 5.0 to 5.4

Thanks for your inputs. We tried tuning in GC params but the performance went down even compared to

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Facing performance degradation while upgrading LUA software from 5.0 to 5.4

Thanks for your inputs. We tried tuning in GC params but the performance went down even compared to

Apr 29

Lars Müller, … sur-behoffski8

Apr 28

History of not equal ("~=")

On 2025-04-29 01:40, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: >> On 2025-04-27 00:18, Roberto Ierusalimschy

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History of not equal ("~=")

On 2025-04-29 01:40, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: >> On 2025-04-27 00:18, Roberto Ierusalimschy

Apr 28

Denis Dos Santos Silva, … bil til14

Apr 22

how clone a lua state ?

Thanks for all the help! Core question: I initially asked if it was possible to clone or duplicate a

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how clone a lua state ?

Thanks for all the help! Core question: I initially asked if it was possible to clone or duplicate a

Apr 22

Jimmy Sølvsteen Nielsen, … Francisco Olarte5

Apr 22

unexpected behavior (output) from setmetatable

On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 at 17:29, 'Jimmy Sølvsteen Nielsen' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com

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unexpected behavior (output) from setmetatable

On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 at 17:29, 'Jimmy Sølvsteen Nielsen' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com

Apr 22

Sergey Bronnikov, … Roberto Ierusalimschy4

Apr 19

Duplicate break() in lgc.c

> I've reviewed code coverage report, and found that case..switch in lgc.c > [1] contains

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Duplicate break() in lgc.c

> I've reviewed code coverage report, and found that case..switch in lgc.c > [1] contains

Apr 19

Robert, Gé Weijers4

Apr 19

sieve.lua:14: C stack overflow

On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM Robert <modr...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks for the

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sieve.lua:14: C stack overflow

On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM Robert <modr...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks for the

Apr 19

Christos Gitsis, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo2

Apr 15

lua-users.org/wiki error 404 not found

Yes, unfortunately lua-users.org is down for the time being. We hope it won't be long. Thanks for

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lua-users.org/wiki error 404 not found

Yes, unfortunately lua-users.org is down for the time being. We hope it won't be long. Thanks for

Apr 15

Michael Bonnet, … Francisco Olarte5

Apr 15

Unit Testing w/ Custom C API Extensions

Hi Michael... On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 at 23:51, Michael Bonnet <maab...@gmail.com> wrote: ....

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Unit Testing w/ Custom C API Extensions

Hi Michael... On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 at 23:51, Michael Bonnet <maab...@gmail.com> wrote: ....

Apr 15

sachin varshney, … Gé Weijers6

Apr 11

assert() failure swallowed when used with load() inside pcall() — lua_pcall() returns 0 and stack is empty

Hi All, Thanks for the quick help & response, sorry I am new to lua , I check the code of

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assert() failure swallowed when used with load() inside pcall() — lua_pcall() returns 0 and stack is empty

Hi All, Thanks for the quick help & response, sorry I am new to lua , I check the code of

Apr 11

Roberto Ierusalimschy, Daniel Krüger3

Apr 10

Lua workshop 2025?

> what are the requirements? > What would be required from the organization for hosting the Lua

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Lua workshop 2025?

> what are the requirements? > What would be required from the organization for hosting the Lua

Apr 10

Martin Eden, … Yao Zi39

Apr 10

Features I'll be glad to see in Lua 6+

On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 10:20:35AM -0300, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: > > I would suggest

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Features I'll be glad to see in Lua 6+

On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 10:20:35AM -0300, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: > > I would suggest

Apr 10

Thijs Schreijer, … David Favro16

Apr 5

return value of `write` on incomplete writes

On Sat, 5 Apr 2025, at 02:30, David Favro wrote: > I think you can just use the name "/dev/

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return value of `write` on incomplete writes

On Sat, 5 Apr 2025, at 02:30, David Favro wrote: > I think you can just use the name "/dev/

Apr 5

Scott Morgan, … Javier Guerra Giraldez7

Apr 4

True Multi-Thread Lua : How Hard?

On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 at 21:59, 'Scott Morgan' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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True Multi-Thread Lua : How Hard?

On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 at 21:59, 'Scott Morgan' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Apr 4

Rett Berg, Roberto Ierusalimschy2

Apr 2

Unable to yield across library functions?

> I notice that there ARE ways to handle yields (lua_callk[1]) -- is it > expected that

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Unable to yield across library functions?

> I notice that there ARE ways to handle yields (lua_callk[1]) -- is it > expected that

Apr 2

Sainan, … David Favro9

Apr 1

Re: Can't get round Lua source code

While I haven't actually read the whole book, I'll suggest "Crafting Interpreters"

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Re: Can't get round Lua source code

While I haven't actually read the whole book, I'll suggest "Crafting Interpreters"

Apr 1

Yan, … Sainan7

Apr 1

proposal: luaL_traceback's pushfuncname performance optimization

> upon receiving the response, it resumes via coroutine.resume This implies to me that you have

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proposal: luaL_traceback's pushfuncname performance optimization

> upon receiving the response, it resumes via coroutine.resume This implies to me that you have

Apr 1

Mar 31

Interaction between 'io_readline' and 'io.lines' in generic 'for' loop (Lua 5.4.7)

On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 04:59:21AM +0200, Jure Bagić wrote: >On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 04:53:40AM +

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Interaction between 'io_readline' and 'io.lines' in generic 'for' loop (Lua 5.4.7)

On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 04:59:21AM +0200, Jure Bagić wrote: >On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 04:53:40AM +

Mar 31

Denis Dos Santos Silva

Mar 27

minor Cygwin issue

it's a minor issue when try compile lua using cygwin ( https://www.cygwin.com/ ) $ curl -L -R -O

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minor Cygwin issue

it's a minor issue when try compile lua using cygwin ( https://www.cygwin.com/ ) $ curl -L -R -O

Mar 27

Sean Conner, … 云风 Cloud Wu7

Mar 25

Coroutines, iterators, and C

It was thus said that the Great 云风 Cloud Wu once stated: > Sean Conner <se...@conman.org> 于

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Coroutines, iterators, and C

It was thus said that the Great 云风 Cloud Wu once stated: > Sean Conner <se...@conman.org> 于

Mar 25

mjmouse9999, Rett Berg2

Mar 25

A try/error-propagation operator for Lua

this would be nice to have! I'm not totally convinced Lua needs it though, as it adds surface

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A try/error-propagation operator for Lua

this would be nice to have! I'm not totally convinced Lua needs it though, as it adds surface

Mar 25

Jonathan Farmer, … 云风 Cloud Wu5

Mar 25

disappointed lua_lock and lua_unlock are macros

Jonathan Farmer <jrfarm...@gmail.com> 于2025年3月25日周二 07:28写道： > > Hi friends, > >

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disappointed lua_lock and lua_unlock are macros

Jonathan Farmer <jrfarm...@gmail.com> 于2025年3月25日周二 07:28写道： > > Hi friends, > >

Mar 25

Rett Berg, … Tim Hill13

Mar 24

string.concat function?

I decided to only support strings or integers as input (what lua_tolstring supports), which

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string.concat function?

I decided to only support strings or integers as input (what lua_tolstring supports), which

Mar 24

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