So how much broken Lua is out there in the wild on WMF wikis?

On 29 September 2014 01:17, Jackmcbarn <jackmcb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Scribunto has an option to allow code to be saved even if it contains
> syntax errors that prevent it from ever working. The original reason for
> this feature was to make it more convenient to save incomplete code.
> However, in practice, this has never been used for its intended purpose,
> and users who don't know any Lua are breaking otherwise-functional modules
> with it. Because of this, and because it's easy enough to save incomplete
> code by simply wrapping it all in a multiline comment, I plan to remove the
> option unless objections are raised.
>
> Jackmcbarn
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