Re: [Enigma-devel] Please upgrade to Lua 5

[Bernd Müller-Zimmermann]

> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 08:49:49 +0200 Roland Illig wrote:
> > I would like Lua to be upgraded to version 5 because it allows nicer 
> > function closures. 
> 
> Lua 5 does have a couple of improvements that would make the switch
> worthwhile, but I'm a little afraid of small incompatibilities.  This
> wouldn't be a problem if Enigma used Lua only for configuration files,
> but there are so many level files, some of them even using non-trivial
> Lua features like up-values.  It would be extremely painful to test all
> these levels for incompatibilities.

I don't have resources to help the development, but I would
certainly give it some evenings of play testing, if this is the
only blocking point. (Would need a compiled version for Linux or W98.)
Is there any other "pain" that you expect, beside the time needed?

Greetings
Bernd