On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Hisham <[email protected]> wrote: > installing two instances (with the hash-bang line pointing to the > right version) sounds less confusing in terms of setup and > configuration.
That makes sense - it would be IMHO a most unusual requirement that LR support two different versions using one instance! > smooth transition. Coding in the common subset of Lua 5.1 and 5.2 and > testing everything twice doesn't sound very pleasant, It's surprisingly trouble free, in my experience. I did some portability code, and use that, e.g. use the new load() instead of loadstring + setfenv. (utils.lua from Penlight has the portable load() ). Otherwise, it behaves like a 'strict' 5.1 (and testing against LuaJIT had already cleaned up any lost 5.0-isms. No reason to ditch the module() calls yet - 'deprecated' ain't 'not supported' ;) steve d. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Storage Efficiency Calculator This modeling tool is based on patent-pending intellectual property that has been used successfully in hundreds of IBM storage optimization engage- ments, worldwide. Store less, Store more with what you own, Move data to the right place. Try It Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51427378/ _______________________________________________ Luarocks-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/luarocks-developers
