Re: Lua 5.3 features in the horizon?
- From: Stefano <phd.st.p@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:13:38 +0200
On 23 October 2014 19:37, Daurnimator <quae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Now that the lua 5.3 beta is out, this is worth revisiting.
> Will LuaJIT keep up with 5.3?
>
> What I would want support for (that can't be bolted on with
> shims/libraries):
>
> - Moving 64bit ints to not be cdata, but of "number" type
> - the new bit operators (<<, >>, etc)
> - lexical _ENV
> - C API!
I'm not sure the first one is a good idea.
I personally prefer the approach taken by LuaJIT (different type),
it's simpler and clearer. Most likely it's also easier to optimise for
LuaJIT.
Stefano
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