delta/lua-github.git/lapi.c, branch v5.3.5

Lua 5.3.5 ported to git

2018-12-17T16:46:37+00:00

This is the first commit for the branch Lua 5.3. All source files
were copied from the official distribution of 5.3.5 in the Lua site.
The test files are the same of 5.3.4. The manual came from the
previous RCS repository, revision 1.167.1.2.

call 'checkGC' after creating new objects (this is how 'execute'

2016-02-29T14:27:14+00:00

does it)
(It increases the changes that 'allgc' start with a non-white
object, which helps 'entersweep')

'luaV_fastget' only treats the real fast case (table with a non-nil

2016-01-05T16:07:21+00:00

value at given key, so that it does not need to check metamethods)

in 'luaD_call', use two functions instead of one with fixed boolean

2015-11-02T18:48:07+00:00

argument

allow NULL string when length is zero in 'lua_pushlstring' and

2015-10-06T16:10:22+00:00

'luaL_addlstring'

'setobj2t' incorporated into 'luaV_fastset' + 'invalidateTMcache'

2015-09-09T13:45:50+00:00

is not needed in the fast track (as it does not create new
entries) + small bug in 'auxsetstr' (calling barrier with wrong
object) + using 'setobj2t' without side effects in its arguments

added assert for NULL pointer in 'lua_pushlstring'

2015-08-25T18:50:37+00:00

'invalidateTMcache' not needed in all 'settable' uses

2015-08-03T20:40:26+00:00

fast track for 'settable'

2015-08-03T19:50:49+00:00

implementation of fast track for gettable operations

2015-07-20T18:24:50+00:00