> I think it would be good to bring this up with the authors. Did that. Roberto has said they may drop ... for script arguments for 5.2. That would solve the problem nicely.
> The proposed alternative of making 'arg' a userdata which would proxy > to the operating system's strings sounds small code, efficient and in > every way preferable to me. > > Maybe that should be made into a patch and proposed to the authors, > then? Lua standalone *already* supports an arg table. It also supports the standard argument-passing mechanism through the ... syntax. With the arg table already available and widely used, I suspect this is why the Lua team is willing to consider letting that be the only mechanism. Norman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]