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Onana Onana Xavier Manuel

May 2

Making a UI library

Good day, I'm in the process of making a UI library in lua using luajit and the FFI module. It is

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Making a UI library

Good day, I'm in the process of making a UI library in lua using luajit and the FFI module. It is

May 2

Andrew Trevorrow

May 2

[ANN] Ag 2.1 -- a scriptable anagram generator

Ag is a fast, scriptable anagram generator with a statically embedded Lua interpreter (now 5.5.0). Ag

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[ANN] Ag 2.1 -- a scriptable anagram generator

Ag is a fast, scriptable anagram generator with a statically embedded Lua interpreter (now 5.5.0). Ag

May 2

Martin Eden, … Philippe Verdy24

May 2

table.sort: invalid order function for sorting

Yes, by definition NaN is always different from everything (including NaN itself, unless you use an

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table.sort: invalid order function for sorting

Yes, by definition NaN is always different from everything (including NaN itself, unless you use an

May 2

Brisbane Silicon, … Roberto Ierusalimschy6

May 1

Our Lua based board was just featured in 'Silicon Chip' magazine too -> https://www.

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Our Lua based board was just featured in 'Silicon Chip' magazine too -> https://www.

May 1

Jure Bagić, … Francisco Olarte8

May 1

Re: MSVC and GCC compilation warnings

> Can anyone explain this warning? The recursive call is guarded by two > if's, and it

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Re: MSVC and GCC compilation warnings

> Can anyone explain this warning? The recursive call is guarded by two > if's, and it

May 1

Stephen Hewitt, Thijs Schreijer3

Apr 30

Utf8 in the Lua standalone interpreter on Windows

On Wed, 29 Apr 2026, at 19:26, Stephen Hewitt wrote: When I try to open a file with characters that

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Utf8 in the Lua standalone interpreter on Windows

On Wed, 29 Apr 2026, at 19:26, Stephen Hewitt wrote: When I try to open a file with characters that

Apr 30

António Cardoso, Martin Eden6

Apr 29

LuaProbe — small source-level debugger for Lua 5.1 / LuaJIT (two files, no C deps)

Thanks for changes! -- Martin On 2026-04-29 16:17, António Cardoso wrote: > Hi Martin, > >

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LuaProbe — small source-level debugger for Lua 5.1 / LuaJIT (two files, no C deps)

Thanks for changes! -- Martin On 2026-04-29 16:17, António Cardoso wrote: > Hi Martin, > >

Apr 29

Sean Conner, … Roberto Ierusalimschy7

Apr 28

Parsing varargs to a function

> Personally I think I would have preferred select + truncation being peephole > optimized as

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Parsing varargs to a function

> Personally I think I would have preferred select + truncation being peephole > optimized as

Apr 28

Michal Domonkos, Roberto Ierusalimschy3

Apr 27

Hyphens in module names & -l option

On Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 10:22:44 PM UTC+2 Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: If we go along this

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Hyphens in module names & -l option

On Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 10:22:44 PM UTC+2 Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote: If we go along this

Apr 27

Martin Eden, … mjmouse99999

Apr 25

[ANN] lcm -- Lua Code Melder, 2026-04

Additions and changes of tool repo: * Added compiled binary (shebang + luac) for Lua v5.3 * Code base

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[ANN] lcm -- Lua Code Melder, 2026-04

Additions and changes of tool repo: * Added compiled binary (shebang + luac) for Lua v5.3 * Code base

Apr 25

Martin Eden, … Eduard Qwerty4

Apr 23

<const> everywhere

I think the best option is to add "const" keyword which means "local <const>

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<const> everywhere

I think the best option is to add "const" keyword which means "local <const>

Apr 23

蔡瑪德琳, Roberto Ierusalimschy2

Apr 22

> Can the 2html script in manual/ be updated to Lua 5.4 or 5.5? For me it > runs fine without

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> Can the 2html script in manual/ be updated to Lua 5.4 or 5.5? For me it > runs fine without

Apr 22

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, Bas Groothedde2

Apr 21

Fwd: Lua: The Documentary — the teaser is out 🌕

Amazing, can't wait to see it! ~b > On 21 Apr 2026, at 20:20, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <

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Fwd: Lua: The Documentary — the teaser is out 🌕

Amazing, can't wait to see it! ~b > On 21 Apr 2026, at 20:20, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <

Apr 21

Jure Bagić, Roberto Ierusalimschy6

Apr 21

Small typo in the reference manual

In the description for 'lua_getinfo', the 'S' option also fills the 'srclen'

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Small typo in the reference manual

In the description for 'lua_getinfo', the 'S' option also fills the 'srclen'

Apr 21

Kritzel Kratzel

Apr 20

[ANN] OneLuaPro 5.5.0.2 released – LuaCOM and VS Code Integration

Hi everyone, I've just released OneLuaPro 5.5.0.2. This update focuses on better Windows

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[ANN] OneLuaPro 5.5.0.2 released – LuaCOM and VS Code Integration

Hi everyone, I've just released OneLuaPro 5.5.0.2. This update focuses on better Windows

Apr 20

Jure Bagić, Roberto Ierusalimschy5

Apr 20

Lua stack state during 'lua_load'

> (You are talking about lua_load, but quoted the documentation about > lua_dump. Never mind...

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Lua stack state during 'lua_load'

> (You are talking about lua_load, but quoted the documentation about > lua_dump. Never mind...

Apr 20

Lars Müller, … Sainan5

Apr 16

Explicitly warn about lua_next missing an order guarantee in the reference manual

As said, this bug often does not surface because most lists live in the array part, as they ideally

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Explicitly warn about lua_next missing an order guarantee in the reference manual

As said, this bug often does not surface because most lists live in the array part, as they ideally

Apr 16

Apr 16

[ANN] I2C_Console

Hello guys, I've implemented I2C client in Lua 5.5 (Well.. before I designed and implemented I2C

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[ANN] I2C_Console

Hello guys, I've implemented I2C client in Lua 5.5 (Well.. before I designed and implemented I2C

Apr 16

Jure Bagić, … Roberto Ierusalimschy5

Apr 15

Question about number of values that a function may return

> It is just a nice, round number smaller than any reasonable limit for the > stack size. I see

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Question about number of values that a function may return

> It is just a nice, round number smaller than any reasonable limit for the > stack size. I see

Apr 15

武汉理工大学-周豪, morganb3

Apr 13

Possible NULL pointer dereference in lua_setlocal (Lua 5.4.6)

Thank you all for the prompt and detailed responses. I understand the distinction now: lua_setlocal

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Possible NULL pointer dereference in lua_setlocal (Lua 5.4.6)

Thank you all for the prompt and detailed responses. I understand the distinction now: lua_setlocal

Apr 13

Jure Bagić, Roberto Ierusalimschy4

Apr 13

Missing case for OP_GETVARG in symbolic execution

> Forgot this part: "(You are right.)" :D -- Jure

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Missing case for OP_GETVARG in symbolic execution

> Forgot this part: "(You are right.)" :D -- Jure

Apr 13

chen chen, … Yan8

Apr 10

__update metamethod — intercept writes to existing keys (patch for 5.5.0)

Agreed. With __update in place, there's no need for a 'proxy' table — we can use the real

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__update metamethod — intercept writes to existing keys (patch for 5.5.0)

Agreed. With __update in place, there's no need for a 'proxy' table — we can use the real

Apr 10

Manuel Hernandez, … Martin Eden4

Apr 6

[Job] Remote Lua developers for AI code evaluation ($55–$70/hr)

I'll share my experience with alignerr.com No human feedback. Manuel Hernández did not answer

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[Job] Remote Lua developers for AI code evaluation ($55–$70/hr)

I'll share my experience with alignerr.com No human feedback. Manuel Hernández did not answer

Apr 6

Kritzel Kratzel, Andrew Starks2

Apr 3

[ANN] LuaCOM - reborn

This looks awesome and thank you for doing this work. Just from an outsider's perspective, I was

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[ANN] LuaCOM - reborn

This looks awesome and thank you for doing this work. Just from an outsider's perspective, I was

Apr 3

Björn Buckwalter, ppp vvv2

Mar 30

FFI to conveniently export Lua functions as a DLL?

There is already luaL_dostring in lua.dll that allows to call lua code from C, but you would need to

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FFI to conveniently export Lua functions as a DLL?

There is already luaL_dostring in lua.dll that allows to call lua code from C, but you would need to

Mar 30

Kritzel Kratzel

Mar 28

[ANN] OneLuaPro Release 5.5.0.1 is available

Release notes and downloads here: https://github.com/OneLuaPro/OneLuaPro/releases/tag/v5.5.0.1

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[ANN] OneLuaPro Release 5.5.0.1 is available

Release notes and downloads here: https://github.com/OneLuaPro/OneLuaPro/releases/tag/v5.5.0.1

Mar 28

Mar 27

locale-related tests aren't guarded by _port in testes/literals.lua

Hi list, I'm experimenting with Lua tests shipped along with Lua Git repository[1], and found a

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locale-related tests aren't guarded by _port in testes/literals.lua

Hi list, I'm experimenting with Lua tests shipped along with Lua Git repository[1], and found a

Mar 27

Mar 24

[ANN] luaunbound 1.1.0 released

Hello, I have tagged version 1.1.0 of luaunbound, a Lua binding to the libunbound DNS library. It

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[ANN] luaunbound 1.1.0 released

Hello, I have tagged version 1.1.0 of luaunbound, a Lua binding to the libunbound DNS library. It

Mar 24

Lourival Vieira Neto

Mar 22

[ANN] luanftables - Lua binding for libnftables

Hi folks, We've released luanftables, a Lua binding for libnftables. nftables is the Linux kernel

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[ANN] luanftables - Lua binding for libnftables

Hi folks, We've released luanftables, a Lua binding for libnftables. nftables is the Linux kernel

Mar 22

Francisco Olarte, Roberto Ierusalimschy7

Mar 18

VM/GC question for gurus.

Just for the archives: On Wed, 18 Mar 2026 at 18:59, Francisco Olarte <fol...@peoplecall.com>

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VM/GC question for gurus.

Just for the archives: On Wed, 18 Mar 2026 at 18:59, Francisco Olarte <fol...@peoplecall.com>

Mar 18

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