Lua 5.5
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Lua 5.5
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Re: Lua 5.5
#2Interesting, it looks like you can use ´global myvar’ now, as compared to ´myvar’ implicit globals, say from back in 5.1, or ´local myvar’.
It’s worth noting that global is a reserved keyword now, so environments that had a ´global()´ function for escaping environments will now need to rename their helper function.
Re: Lua 5.5
#3Cannot wait for another version of Lua to sit unused basically everywhere.
Truly is a shame, everything seems to have settled on 5.1 for the most part without ever being updated, or any intention of it being updated. Some really nice features post 5.1
I understand each version of Lua introduces breaking changes in the language, which isn't great as the language becomes fragmented (Or not really, once again 5.1 is pretty ubiquitous)
Re: Lua 5.5
#4One of the new features I found interesting, declarations for global variables, is buried in the reference manual. Here's a link to the section that discusses it: https://www.lua.org/manual/5.5/manual.html#2.2
Re: Lua 5.5
#5Cannot wait for another version of Lua to sit unused basically everywhere. Truly is a shame, everything seems to have settled on 5.1 for the most part without ever being updated, or any intention of it being updated. Some really nice features post 5.1 I understand each version of Lua introduces breaking changes in the language, which isn't great as the language becomes fragmented (Or not really, once again 5.1 is pre…
The real reason everyone settled on Lua 5.1 is because that's the version LuaJIT is compatible with, and most people are unwilling to give up the performance gains.
Re: Lua 5.5
#6Cannot wait for another version of Lua to sit unused basically everywhere. Truly is a shame, everything seems to have settled on 5.1 for the most part without ever being updated, or any intention of it being updated. Some really nice features post 5.1 I understand each version of Lua introduces breaking changes in the language, which isn't great as the language becomes fragmented (Or not really, once again 5.1 is pre…
5.1 (by way of LuaJIT) gets a lot of use, but to suggests no one uses the modern versions is just not true. Lua being an embedded language just takes the pressure away to upgrade. It's a feature, not a bug.
Re: Lua 5.5
#7Cannot wait for another version of Lua to sit unused basically everywhere. Truly is a shame, everything seems to have settled on 5.1 for the most part without ever being updated, or any intention of it being updated. Some really nice features post 5.1 I understand each version of Lua introduces breaking changes in the language, which isn't great as the language becomes fragmented (Or not really, once again 5.1 is pre…
> everything seems to have settled on 5.1
Not exactly. LuaJIT has backported various hot features from 5.2 and 5.3 as long as they're unlikely to break 5.1 code.
Re: Lua 5.5
#8Cannot wait for another version of Lua to sit unused basically everywhere. Truly is a shame, everything seems to have settled on 5.1 for the most part without ever being updated, or any intention of it being updated. Some really nice features post 5.1 I understand each version of Lua introduces breaking changes in the language, which isn't great as the language becomes fragmented (Or not really, once again 5.1 is pre…
The real reason everyone settled on Lua 5.1 is because that's the version LuaJIT is compatible with, and most people are unwilling to give up the performance gains.
And Luau.
Re: Lua 5.5
#9Excellent new release, now for Fennel and Love2d to update, fun times!
Re: Lua 5.5
#10ConTeXt has been using beta versions Lua 5.5 for a few years now, so you can look through its source [0] or try running it [1] if you're curious what a large codebase written in Lua 5.5 looks like.
[0]: https://codeberg.org/contextgarden/context
[1]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Introduction/Installation