RE: Port bitop to 5.3?
- From: William Adams <william_a_adams@xxxxxxx>
- To: "luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 18:29:30 +0000
>
> [Actually, this is just one of the many problems of Lua 5.3: as a
> module writer, you can never be certain which number types you can
> rely on. This depends on how Lua was built, which is not under
> your control. IOW: using 3rd party modules is a gamble -- yet
> another tombstone for the Lua ecosystem.]
>
>> bit.c:83:2: error: #error "Unknown number type, check LUA_NUMBER_* in
>> luaconf.h"
>
> Yeah, they ripped out an important define in Lua 5.3 luaconf.h.
> Great job needlessly breaking compatibility, as always.
>
> --Mike
>
I know this has come up a couple of times before, but LuaJIT is my "Lua
ecosystem". I left
behind plain old Lua a long time ago because they didn't adopt a JIT strategy.
I don't see
any reason to delve back into those waters as there's not enough goodness for
me and my
applications to care about.
I'm happy following along with the evolution of LuaJIT, and whenever I talk
about 'Lua',
I mean LuaJIT.
So, soldier on man!! There's no time like the present to throw off the
oppression of the
origin platform and keep extending LuaJIT in ways that make the most sense for
a growing
number of consumers.
-- William
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