Re: CVS commit: src/sys/modules/lua

[Alexander Nasonov <alnsn%yandex.ru@localhost>]

Marc Balmer wrote:
> This was not an import of Lua.  The Lua sources already are in the tree.
>  When we are ready to move from Lua 5.1 to Lua 5.2, Lua 5.2 will be
> imported to sys/external, as I already mentioned.

In this case, kernel changes should have been added to 5.1 source and
later ported to 5.2 code.

> > For example, if I want to generate bpf code when a user sends a filter
> > program to /dev/bpf* with Lua, I don't need a device driver. I need to
> > open a regular lua_State, load sljit module, run bfjit.lua script and
> > close the state afterwards.
> 
> Which you can already do.  I will have an example for that later.  The
> function prototypes ar in sys/sys/lua.h, btw.

ok

> It does not really matter as long as the names don't clash.

It potentially makes upgrading to a newer version of Lua more difficult
because your private names may conflict with the new version of Lua API.
It also harder to read code.

Alex