Incorrect serialization format specification of string.buffer on the website

From: no unwind <nounwind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:31:28 +0000

Hello,

I'm reading the implementation of string.buffer, and the implementation and
the description <https://luajit.org/ext_buffer.html> to be in conflict.

For a mixed table, there are two format for serialization (from
description<https://luajit.org/ext_buffer.html>):

  *
0x0b a.U a*object h.U h*{object object}
  *
0x0d a.U (a-1)*object h.U h*{object object}

However, the implementation is:

  *
0x0b a.U h.U a*object  h*{object object}
  *
0x0d a.U h.U (a-1)*object  h*{object object}

https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/blob/d06beb0480c5d1eb53b3343e78063950275aa281/src/lj_serialize.c#L227-L234

Is the spec on the website outdated?

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