Re: Lua 5.3 features in the horizon?
- From: Stefano <phd.st.p@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:14:43 +0200
On 23 October 2014 20:13, Stefano <phd.st.p@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
I'd find the bit operators and _ENV convenient, and I don't care about
the C API (but I understand it's due to my use case).
Stefano
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