Re: Embedded zeros in patterns

  • From: Choonster TheMage <choonster.2010@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 13:01:09 +1100

On 26 Nov 2013 12:40, "Norfanin" <norfanin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Is the embedded zeros in patterns feature from Lua 5.2 something that
> will ever come to LuaJIT? This currently errors like in Lua 5.1.
>
> print(#("\0"):match("[\0]"))
>
> I have a feeling this was addressed somewhere already, but I'm unable
> to find it. Sorry if I make you repeat yourself.
>

I'm not sure if there are plans to add that, but in Lua 5.1 (and probably
in LuaJIT) you can just use the %z character class to match nulls.

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