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Richard Beckmann, Javier Guerra Giraldez2

Aug 12

lsqlite3 0.9.7 is not available on LuaRocks

Mea culpa. i'll deal with it. On Wed, 12 Aug 2026 at 17:06, 'Richard Beckmann' via lua-l

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lsqlite3 0.9.7 is not available on LuaRocks

Mea culpa. i'll deal with it. On Wed, 12 Aug 2026 at 17:06, 'Richard Beckmann' via lua-l

Aug 12

Payo Nel, … Francisco Olarte8

Aug 12

luaO_pushvfstring reads past end of format string on trailing %

On Wed, 12 Aug 2026 at 16:48, Roberto Ierusalimschy <rob...@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote: > The

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luaO_pushvfstring reads past end of format string on trailing %

On Wed, 12 Aug 2026 at 16:48, Roberto Ierusalimschy <rob...@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote: > The

Aug 12

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, … Roberto Ierusalimschy4

Aug 12

[ANN] Lua 5.4.9 (rc1) now available

> The '__builtin_expect' fix in Lua 5.5.1 hasn't been backported to Lua 5.4.9 (rc1).

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[ANN] Lua 5.4.9 (rc1) now available

> The '__builtin_expect' fix in Lua 5.5.1 hasn't been backported to Lua 5.4.9 (rc1).

Aug 12

Martin Eden, Spar3

Aug 8

Inconsistent handling of invalid escape sequences

You need to escape twice. In the command line it interpreted as you type, but in load you wrapped

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Inconsistent handling of invalid escape sequences

You need to escape twice. In the command line it interpreted as you type, but in load you wrapped

Aug 8

Sainan, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo3

Aug 7

Bugs page no longer listing "fixed in" versions?

Hmm, I suppose. It's just a bit of a shame there's not a much better changelog-esque

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Bugs page no longer listing "fixed in" versions?

Hmm, I suppose. It's just a bit of a shame there's not a much better changelog-esque

Aug 7

David Sicilia, … Martin Eden7

Aug 7

Roberto Interview

On 2026-08-04 04:29, David Sicilia wrote: > Title: "Creator of Lua: Scripting, Programming

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Roberto Interview

On 2026-08-04 04:29, David Sicilia wrote: > Title: "Creator of Lua: Scripting, Programming

Aug 7

Aug 6

Lua 5.5.1 for OS/2 and DOS now available on SourceForge

Hello, OS/2 and DOS binaries of the latest Lua 5.5.1 release are now available on https://sourceforge

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Lua 5.5.1 for OS/2 and DOS now available on SourceForge

Hello, OS/2 and DOS binaries of the latest Lua 5.5.1 release are now available on https://sourceforge

Aug 6

Komo, Marc Balmer2

Aug 4

lua.org is inaccessible

Am 04.08.2026 um 14:42 schrieb Komo: > I can't seems to access the official website for Lua

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lua.org is inaccessible

Am 04.08.2026 um 14:42 schrieb Komo: > I can't seems to access the official website for Lua

Aug 4

mathieu stumpf-guntz, … TopchetoEU13

Aug 4

Inconsistent Multiline String Handling in Lua REPL (Direct Input vs. History Recall)

Hi TopchetoEU, Thanks for this feedback. It was genuinely valuable and highlighted a fully relevant

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Inconsistent Multiline String Handling in Lua REPL (Direct Input vs. History Recall)

Hi TopchetoEU, Thanks for this feedback. It was genuinely valuable and highlighted a fully relevant

Aug 4

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo

Aug 3

[ANN] Lua 5.5.1 now available

Lua 5.5.1 has been frozen and is now the current release of Lua 5.5. Lua 5.5.1 fixes all bugs listed

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[ANN] Lua 5.5.1 now available

Lua 5.5.1 has been frozen and is now the current release of Lua 5.5. Lua 5.5.1 fixes all bugs listed

Aug 3

Marcus Rohrmoser, … TopchetoEU8

Aug 3

I have written my own HTML (and XML) parser and have used it with great success to scrape websites (

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I have written my own HTML (and XML) parser and have used it with great success to scrape websites (

Aug 3

Regan Ryan, … TopchetoEU4

Aug 2

Lua taking advantage of MCU MRAM

This could be very doable without much extension of the core language (VM, instruction set, etc.). A

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Lua taking advantage of MCU MRAM

This could be very doable without much extension of the core language (VM, instruction set, etc.). A

Aug 2

sur-behoffski, … Roberto Ierusalimschy5

Jul 31

Unix, C, int-32-bits and... hardware architecture assumptions

On 2026-07-31 23:30, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: >> 'Sainan' wrote: >>

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Unix, C, int-32-bits and... hardware architecture assumptions

On 2026-07-31 23:30, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: >> 'Sainan' wrote: >>

Jul 31

Sainan, … Sean Conner18

Jul 30

MSVC warnings when compiling Lua as C++

It was thus said that the Great ppp vvv once stated: > > Maybe there would be some value in

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MSVC warnings when compiling Lua as C++

It was thus said that the Great ppp vvv once stated: > > Maybe there would be some value in

Jul 30

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, blogdron (BLOGDRON)3

Jul 29

[ANN] Lua 5.5.1 (rc2) now available

Lua 5.5.1 (rc2) is available for testing at https://www.lua.org/work/ Download it and give it a try.

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[ANN] Lua 5.5.1 (rc2) now available

Lua 5.5.1 (rc2) is available for testing at https://www.lua.org/work/ Download it and give it a try.

Jul 29

Martin Eden, … George Georgalis6

Jul 25

[ANN] Lua Callgraph Generator (lcg)

On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 8:39 AM 'Martin Eden' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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[ANN] Lua Callgraph Generator (lcg)

On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 8:39 AM 'Martin Eden' via lua-l <lu...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Jul 25

Jure Bagić, Roberto Ierusalimschy5

Jul 21

Similar issue with 'luaL_newmetatable' in I/O standard library

> Additionally, shouldn't 'lua_setupvalue' have 'api_checkpop' and not >

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Similar issue with 'luaL_newmetatable' in I/O standard library

> Additionally, shouldn't 'lua_setupvalue' have 'api_checkpop' and not >

Jul 21

Ali Rahbar, Roberto Ierusalimschy3

Jul 21

when multi threading,"luaL_dostring" crashes in Lua 5.4, but works fine in Lua 5.1

oh sorry. i mistakely sent the code. the code is wrong. On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 12:21 AM Roberto

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when multi threading,"luaL_dostring" crashes in Lua 5.4, but works fine in Lua 5.1

oh sorry. i mistakely sent the code. the code is wrong. On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 12:21 AM Roberto

Jul 21

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, … TopchetoEU12

Jul 18

Subject: [ANN] Lua 5.5.1 (rc1) now available

On Friday, 17 July 2026 22:38:36 EEST 'Martin Eden' via lua-l wrote: > On 2026-07-15 22:53

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Subject: [ANN] Lua 5.5.1 (rc1) now available

On Friday, 17 July 2026 22:38:36 EEST 'Martin Eden' via lua-l wrote: > On 2026-07-15 22:53

Jul 18

Stefano Cossu, … TopchetoEU4

Jul 17

Garbage collection of userdata inside userdata

Thanks, Sean. What you suggested worked. Initially I was hesitant to try it because I thought that

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Garbage collection of userdata inside userdata

Thanks, Sean. What you suggested worked. Initially I was hesitant to try it because I thought that

Jul 17

Sergey Bronnikov, … Roberto Ierusalimschy4

Jul 16

Unclear grammar for global in 5.5

> $ ./lua -e "global a; print()" > ./lua: (command line):1: variable 'print'

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Unclear grammar for global in 5.5

> $ ./lua -e "global a; print()" > ./lua: (command line):1: variable 'print'

Jul 16

mathew murphy, … Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo3

Jul 15

Policy on LLM-generated code?

> AFAIK the lua team doesn't have a clear contribution model at all, > other than sending

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Policy on LLM-generated code?

> AFAIK the lua team doesn't have a clear contribution model at all, > other than sending

Jul 15

amine kheddache

Jul 15

Pterocos now mobile-friendly with Lua support – code in your browser

Hello Lua community, I wanted to share an update on Pterocos – a browser-based code editor that now

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Pterocos now mobile-friendly with Lua support – code in your browser

Hello Lua community, I wanted to share an update on Pterocos – a browser-based code editor that now

Jul 15

Ernestyna, … Jure Bagić11

Jul 13

variables with a space in them

Congrats, BTW at the top of my reply I meant to say "dynamic arrays" not "associative

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variables with a space in them

Congrats, BTW at the top of my reply I meant to say "dynamic arrays" not "associative

Jul 13

Martin Eden, … TopchetoEU4

Jul 13

Minor typo in error message

On Sunday, 12 July 2026 22:27:37 EEST Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: > > In Lua 5.5 when you try

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Minor typo in error message

On Sunday, 12 July 2026 22:27:37 EEST Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: > > In Lua 5.5 when you try

Jul 13

Sergey Bronnikov, … Roberto Ierusalimschy11

Jul 12

An heap-use-after-free is triggered in the insertkey()

> [...] > > Interesting bug. > > I guess we should call luaC_barrierback() directly

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An heap-use-after-free is triggered in the insertkey()

> [...] > > Interesting bug. > > I guess we should call luaC_barrierback() directly

Jul 12

Martin Eden, … Roberto Ierusalimschy6

Jul 10

Minor documentation inconsistency

> > > It seems like "global attnamelist" is also wrong in another way: When >

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Minor documentation inconsistency

> > > It seems like "global attnamelist" is also wrong in another way: When >

Jul 10

Jul 10

[ANN] clx 0.2.0 released

Hi, A month ago I announced clx and received a lot of useful feedback regarding GC, coroutines,

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[ANN] clx 0.2.0 released

Hi, A month ago I announced clx and received a lot of useful feedback regarding GC, coroutines,

Jul 10

Sewbacca, … Ką Mykolas18

Jul 7

Who is using modified Lua versions, what are they and why?

Cool, thanks! I'll give it a read! And yes, indeed, it's not necessary to modify the Lua

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Who is using modified Lua versions, what are they and why?

Cool, thanks! I'll give it a read! And yes, indeed, it's not necessary to modify the Lua

Jul 7

Jul 5

"How to prevent catastrophic regex? "redux

http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-06/msg00083.html and the following thread discuss the ability

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"How to prevent catastrophic regex? "redux

http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-06/msg00083.html and the following thread discuss the ability

Jul 5

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