Re: Lua 5.3.3 empty match behaviour with the '-' modifier
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- Subject: Re: Lua 5.3.3 empty match behaviour with the '-' modifier
- From: Peter Aronoff <telemachus@...>
- Date: 2016年5月12日 09:29:15 -0400
On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 09:56AM, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> > The new behaviour is so far documented only in the list of changes
> > [2], not in the manual.
>
> Officially, the behavior is still undefined :-)
Is the plan that this will *stay* undefined? Or is it just a matter of
deciding whether the new behavior works (over some period of time) and then
documenting that behavior? I ask because it seems odd to take the trouble
to change the implementation and then not document it.
Thanks, Peter
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