Re: Lua update?

["Maynard, Chris" <Christopher.Maynard () IGT com>]

Release notes for 5.3: http://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/readme.html

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 release.

Previous discussion starts here: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/201608/msg00082.html.
Maybe João, Pascal, Peter, Hadriel and others would like to weigh in again here?

- Chris


From: Wireshark-dev [mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces () wireshark org] On Behalf Of Pascal Quantin
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 2:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Lua update?


Le jeu. 12 juil. 2018 à 20:44, Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin () gmail com<mailto:pascal.quantin () gmail com>> a écrit 
:
Hi Chris,
Le jeu. 12 juil. 2018 à 20:30, Maynard, Chris <Christopher.Maynard () igt com<mailto:Christopher.Maynard () igt com>> a 
écrit :
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.
Thanks.

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).
If it is safe, I will happily update the package.

And would the existing scripts be compatible with Lua 5.3 or 5.4?


Pascal.






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