Tags · lua/lua
v5.5.0
GC checks stack space before running finalizer If the stack does not have some minimum available space, the GC defers calling a finalizer until the next cycle. That avoids errors while running a finalizer that the programmer cannot control.
rc
In luaB_close, running coroutines do not go to default This should had been corrected in commit fd89702.
=list
Application name for 'readline' is "lua", not "Lua"
v5.4.7
'lua.h' back to redundancy in version definitions Several tools inspect 'lua.h' to extract version information, and they assume the file will have some specific format.
v5.4.6
"Emergency" new version 5.4.6 'lua_resetthread' is back to its original signature, to avoid incompatibilities in the ABI between releases of the same version. New function 'lua_closethread' added with the "correct" signature.
v5.4.5
Details Typos in comments and details in the manual.
v5.4.4
Explanation of borders in the manual The explanation includes the limit case of maxinteger being a border. It also avoids the term "natural", which might include large floats with natural values.