metalua-parser

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test.lua: ``` lua local parser = require "metalua.compiler".new() local inspect = require "inspect" local s = "local a" print(inspect(parser:src_to_ast(s))) ``` Output(omitting lineinfo, etc): ``` { { { { -- `Id...

mpeterv

test.lua: ``` lua x = function(y) print(y) end (function() end)() ``` Standard Lua interprets this block as two separate statements, and executing it prints nothing. However, metalua-parser considers it one...

mpeterv

Release as Lua 5.2 compatible

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Currently the rock is marked as Lua 5.1 only in the rockspec. I'm using it for [a very basic static checker](https://github.com/mpeterv/luacheck) and it works fine on Lua 5.2, too. So,...

mpeterv

Comments

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Hi. I was just studying the Metalua AST format and one thing that struck me as a little odd is the relative inconvenience of accessing comments. Is there a rationale...

craigbarnes

Better documentation for AST format

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Right now it takes some thought and specialized debug printing to guess, how exactly a given AST node data is laid out. It would be cool if the documentation would...

agladysh

"allowed anywhere, unlike in plain Lua" in the docs

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| `Return{ } -- allowed anywhere, unlike in plain Lua | `Break -- allowed anywhere, unlike in plain Lua These comments probably should be reworded — at the least. It...

agladysh