Re: Lua update?

[Roland Knall <rknall () gmail com>]

It was always planned on moving to Lua 5.3 at least. But also the library
API changed which is some work still left over



Am Do., 12. Juli 2018 um 21:14 Uhr schrieb Maynard, Chris <
Christopher.Maynard () igt com>:

> Release notes for 5.3: http://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/readme.html
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> It’s possible that there are incompatibilities, which would necessitate
> modifying Lua scripts , but for me personally, I don’t mind changing my
> scripts if I have to.  In fact, I **want** to change my scripts in order
> to make use of some new features, in particular the bitwise operators[1].
> To me, the perfect time to update would be for the next Wireshark 3.0
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> Previous discussion starts here:
> https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/201608/msg00082.html.
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> Maybe João, Pascal, Peter, Hadriel and others would like to weigh in again
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> - Chris
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> *From:* Wireshark-dev [mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces () wireshark org] *On
> Behalf Of *Pascal Quantin
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> *Subject:* Re: [Wireshark-dev] Lua update?
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> Le jeu. 12 juil. 2018 à 20:44, Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin () gmail com>
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> Hi Chris,
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> Le jeu. 12 juil. 2018 à 20:30, Maynard, Chris <Christopher.Maynard () igt com>
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> Is there any particular reason why Wireshark for Windows still ships with
> Lua 5.2.4?  An upgrade to 5.3+ would be a welcome one.
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> Thanks.
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> Can our current code run fine with Lua 5.3/5.4? Based on previous
> discussions in -dev I thought it was not the case but maybe I'm wrong (I'm
> not a Lua user myself and this is based on exchanges from a few years ago).
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> If it is safe, I will happily update the package.
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> And would the existing scripts be compatible with Lua 5.3 or 5.4?
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