Updates to patches
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- Subject: Updates to patches
- From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@...>
- Date: 2008年1月22日 21:12:39 +0000 (GMT)
I've updated my patch collection for Lua. I commend these to your attention
as they are mostly small patches that unobtrusively improve basic
functionality; only one actually changes the language. They should therefore
be of interest to those packaging Lua.
The patches are all now updated to Lua 5.1.2, and listed at
http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaPowerPatches
To summarise:
sig_catch.patch
improves signal handling on POSIX systems, so that for example, you don't
have to press Ctrl-C twice to quit a script blocked on I/O.
no_auto_conversion.patch
prevents auto-conversion between numbers and strings, which eliminates a
whole class of bugs. When auto conversion is a good idea (as in parsing
configuration files or the print function) it can still be done by calling
the relevant conversion functions.
print_nuls.patch
Let print print ASCII NULs (character '0円'). This patch was improved by
someone else (sorry, I don't know who) who made the function used
configurable in luaconf.h.
save_readline_history.patch
Causes the readline history to be saved to a configurable file.
no_init_or_paths.patch
Adds a switch -t to the Lua standalone interpreter that forces the default
values of LUA_INIT, LUA_PATH and LUA_CPATH to be used, making it easier to
run the interpreter in a controlled manner.
Enjoy.
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