Golua 5.5 v0.2.0

This is a major upgrade, now implementing version 5.5 of the Lua language!

All new features of the languages are implemented

• global statement (available as soft or reserved keyword)
• readonly for variables
• named varargs
• new standard library functions

Plus

• using weak.Pointer when available to implement __gc
• various bug fixes

What's Changed

• Implement Lua 5.5 Global variables by @arnodel in #115
• Implement Lua 5.5 named vararg by @arnodel in #117
• Implement Lua 5.5 table.create library function by @arnodel in #118
• Implement Lua 5.5 utf8.offset by @arnodel in #119
• Implement Lua 5.5 readonly for variable by @arnodel in #116
• Lua 5.5. __call chain limit by @arnodel in #120
• Implement Lua 5.5. Nil error messages by @arnodel in #121
• Lua 5.5 Global function by @arnodel in #122
• WeakPool: GC pool based on weak.Pool by @arnodel in #123

Full Changelog: v0.1.2...v0.2.0

Golua 5.4 v0.1.2

What's Changed

• Decrease number of expected time iterations in flaky time quotas test by @arnodel in #112
• fix: fix iter over table with zero as key by @vaniog in #113

New Contributors

• @vaniog made their first contribution in #113

Full Changelog: v0.1.1...v0.1.2

Golua 5.4 v0.1.1

This fixes #110 (unable to compile on js platform)

What's Changed

• Update documentation of Table.Next by @arnodel in #107
• Do not use syscall for clock implementation on js platform by @arnodel in #111

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.1.1

Golua 5.4 v0.1.0

First version tag, implements Lua 5.4

What's Changed

• Runtime Objects by @arnodel in #1
• Nolexer - Hand made lexer by @arnodel in #2
• Add source maps for better tracebacks and debug info by @arnodel in #3
• Implementation of io library by @arnodel in #4
• Implement string.pack, string.unpack and string.packsize by @arnodel in #30
• Implement string.dump by @arnodel in #31
• hand-made parser by @arnodel in #32
• Golib by @arnodel in #33
• Refactor ast compilation by @arnodel in #34
• Split ir compiler by @arnodel in #35
• Replace Value type with struct by @arnodel in #36
• Buffer stdout by @arnodel in #37
• Try to speed up table by having array by @arnodel in #38
• Custom table implementation by @arnodel in #39
• Quotas by @arnodel in #40
• Rename context api by @arnodel in #41
• Refactor cleanup of libs, use to cleanup iolib by @arnodel in #43
• Implement local const syntax for Lua 5.4 by @arnodel in #44
• Implement Lua 5.4 to-be-closed by @arnodel in #45
• Implement Lua 5.4 pointer format specifier by @arnodel in #46
• Implement init argument for string.gmatch by @arnodel in #47
• Lua 5.4 string arithmetic by @arnodel in #48
• Huge float literals by @arnodel in #57
• Implement warning system (Lua 5.4) by @arnodel in #49
• Implement to-be-closed argument in generic for loop (Lua 5.4) by @arnodel in #54
• Lua 5.4 non-wrapping decimal literals by @arnodel in #50
• Better error message in table.concat by @arnodel in #60
• Remove capitalization in scanner errors by @arnodel in #62
• Best effort to name anonymous functions by @arnodel in #64
• Lua 5.4 forbid modifiers for %q specifier in format strings by @arnodel in #59
• Ensure constant upvalues are enforced by @arnodel in #63
• Infinite floats quote to huge float literals by @arnodel in #58
• Lua 5.4 math randomseed by @arnodel in #56
• Lua 5.4 numeric for loop by @arnodel in #55
• Fix tail calls in to be closed context by @arnodel in #65
• Fix order of debug hooks and close actions by @arnodel in #67
• Fix Thread.IsMain() by @arnodel in #72
• Check for bounds in utf8.len by @arnodel in #70
• Fix error when missing close metamethod by @arnodel in #66
• Implement line debug hook by @arnodel in #74
• Limit GoFunction call depth to prevent Go stack overflows by @arnodel in #68
• Lua 5.4 unicode support by @arnodel in #61
• Lua 5.4: Error when declaring a label with an existing name by @arnodel in #53
• Only allocate a string if substitutions were made by @arnodel in #69
• Lua 5.4 new debug upvalueid return value by @arnodel in #71
• No backlabels in a block with return by @arnodel in #75
• Better error messages for numeric for by @arnodel in #76
• Implement the file __close metamethod by @arnodel in #78
• Implement new Lua 5.4 math random modes by @arnodel in #77
• Lua 5.4 coroutine library changes by @arnodel in #73
• Lua 5.4 no string coercion in bitwise operations by @arnodel in #52
• Lua 5.4 no inferred __le metamethod by @arnodel in #51
• Better handling of expressions in repl by @arnodel in #80
• Cap soft limits from parent context by @arnodel in #83
• Document runtime api by @arnodel in #82
• Make Golua build and pass tests on Windows by @arnodel in #81
• Ensure gc operates per runtime by @arnodel in #84
• Fix embedding quickstart example - fixes #92 by @arnodel in #94
• feat: implement io.popen by @TorchedSammy in #88
• Allow os.date with no argument - fixes #91 by @arnodel in #95
• Support equality comparison of userdata by @TheCount in #96
• Fix overflow on 32-bit archs by @TheCount in #98
• Forbid newindex for non-tables without __newindex by @TheCount in #99
• Fix use of disallowed internal std library functions in go 1.23 by @arnodel in #106
• Increase size of continuation PC by @arnodel in #109

New Contributors

• @arnodel made their first contribution in #1
• @TorchedSammy made their first contribution in #88
• @TheCount made their first contribution in #96

Full Changelog: https://github.com/arnodel/golua/commits/v0.1