new functions string.pack, string.unpack

Question

new functions string.pack, string.unpack

Closed this issue 10 years ago · 4 comments

Should we try and use Roberto's struct library? It's almost compatible

New functions:

string.pack
string.unpack
string.packsize

Answer 1 · 2015-01-15T15:10:33.000Z

compat53.lua now tries to load Robterto's struct library to set string.pack, string.packsize, and string.unpack. At some later point I might try to backport the real Lua 5.3 string packing functions, but that will require actual code changes because we don't have Lua 5.3's buffer API available in Lua 5.1.

Answer 2 · 2015-01-15T15:19:00.000Z

I did send an email to roberto the other day asking him to update struct to the 5.3 api. Sadly he hasn't responded.

Answer 3 · 2015-01-22T03:05:25.000Z

We now use a backport from Lua 5.3, and it passes a subset of the test suite (large integers are a problem, though).

Answer 4 · 2015-01-22T03:30:41.000Z

cool :)
Roberto said he'd get to it in February :P