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** lua.stx / llex.c
Tue Dec  2 10:45:48 EDT 1997
>> BUG: "lastline" was not reset on function entry, so debug information
>> started only in the 2nd line of a function.



=================================================================
--- Version 3.1 alpha

** lua.c
Thu Jan 15 14:34:58 EDT 1998
>> must include "stdlib.h" (for "exit()").

** lbuiltin.c / lobject.h
Thu Jan 15 14:34:58 EDT 1998
>> MAX_WORD may be bigger than MAX_INT
(by lhf)

** llex.c
Mon Jan 19 18:17:18 EDT 1998
>> wrong line number (+1) in error report when file starts with "#..."

** lstrlib.c
Tue Jan 27 15:27:49 EDT 1998
>> formats like "%020d" were considered too big (3 digits); moreover,
>> some sistems limit printf to at most 500 chars, so we can limit sizes
>> to 2 digits (99).

** lapi.c
Tue Jan 27 17:12:36 EDT 1998
>> "lua_getstring" may create a new string, so should check GC

** lstring.c / ltable.c
Wed Jan 28 14:48:12 EDT 1998
>> tables can become full of "empty" slots, and keep growing without limits.

** lstrlib.c
Mon Mar  9 15:26:09 EST 1998
>> gsub('a', '(b?)%1*' ...) loops (because the capture is empty).

** lstrlib.c
Mon May 18 19:20:00 EST 1998
>> arguments for "format" 'x', 'X', 'o' and 'u' must be unsigned int.



=================================================================
--- Version 3.1

** liolib.c / lauxlib.c
Mon Sep  7 15:57:02 EST 1998
>> function "luaL_argerror" prints wrong argument number (from a user's point
of view) when functions have upvalues.

** lstrlib.c
Tue Nov 10 17:29:36 EDT 1998
>> gsub/strfind do not check whether captures are properly finished.
(by roberto/tomas)

** lbuiltin.c
Fri Dec 18 11:22:55 EDT 1998
>> "tonumber" goes crazy with negative numbers in other bases (not 10),
because "strtol" returns long, not unsigned long.
(by Visual C++)

** lstrlib.c
Mon Jan  4 10:41:40 EDT 1999
>> "format" does not check size of format item (such as "%00000...00000d").

** lapi.c
Wed Feb  3 14:40:21 EDT 1999
>> getlocal cannot return the local itself, since lua_isstring and
lua_isnumber can modify it.

** lstrlib.c
Thu Feb  4 17:08:50 EDT 1999
>> format "%s" may break limit of "sprintf" on some machines.
(by Marcelo Sales)

** lzio.c
Thu Mar  4 11:49:37 EST 1999
>> file stream cannot call fread after EOF.
(by lhf)



=================================================================
--- Version 3.2 (beta)

** lstrlib.c
Fri Apr 30 11:10:20 EST 1999
>> '$' at end of pattern was matching regular '$', too.
(by anna; since 2.5)

** lbuiltin.c
Fri May 21 17:15:11 EST 1999
>> foreach, foreachi, foreachvar points to function in stack when stack
can be reallocated.
(by tomas; since 3.2 beta)

** lparser.c
Wed Jun 16 10:32:46 EST 1999
>> cannot assign to unlimited variables, because it causes overflow in
the number of returns of a function.
(since 3.1)



=================================================================
--- Version 3.2

** lmathlib.c
Wed Aug 18 11:28:38 EST 1999
>> random(0) and random(x,0) are wrong (0 is read as no argument!).
(by Dave Bollinger; since 3.1)

** lparser.c
Thu Sep  2 10:07:20 EST 1999
>> in the (old) expression << ls->fs->f->consts[checkname(ls)] >>, checkname
could realloc f->consts.
(by Supratik Champati; since 3.2 beta)

** lobject.c / lbuiltin.c
Wed Sep  8 17:41:54 EST 1999
>> tonumber'e1' and tonumber('  ', x), for x!=10, gave 0 instead of nil.
(since 3.1)

** lstrlib.c
Thu Nov 11 14:36:30 EDT 1999
>> `strfind' does not handle \0 in plain search.
(by Jon Kleiser; since 3.1)

** lparser.c
Wed Dec 29 16:05:43 EDT 1999
>> return gives wrong line in debug information
(by lhf; since 3.2 [at least])

** ldo.c
Thu Dec 30 16:39:33 EDT 1999
>> cannot reopen stdin (for binary mode)
(by lhf & roberto; since 3.1)

** lapi.c
Thu Mar  2 09:41:53 EST 2000
>> lua_settable should check stack space (it could call a T.M.)
(by lhf & celes; since 3.2; it was already fixed by fixed stack)

** lparser.c
Mon Apr  3 09:59:06 EST 2000
>> '%' should be in expfollow
(by Edgar Toernig; since 3.1; it was already fixed)

** lbuiltin.c
Mon Apr  3 10:05:05 EST 2000
>> tostring() without arguments gives seg. fault.
(by Edgar Toernig; since 3.0)



=================================================================
--- Version 4.0 alpha

Tested with full test suites (as locked in Mon Apr 24 14:23:11 EST 2000)
in the following platforms:
* Linux   - gcc, g++
* AIX     - gcc
* Solaris - gcc, cc
* IRIX	  - cc, cc-purify
* Windows - Visual C++ (.c e .cpp, warning level=4)


** lstrlib.c
Tue May  2 15:27:58 EST 2000
>> `strfind' gets wrong subject length when there is an offset
(by Jon Kleiser; since 4.0a)

** lparser.c
Fri May 12 15:11:12 EST 2000
>> first element in a list constructor is not adjusted to one value
>> (e.g. «a = {gsub('a','a','')}»)
(by Tomas; since 4.0a)

** lparser.c
Wed May 24 14:50:16 EST 2000
>> record-constructor starting with an upvalue name gets an error
>> (e.g. «local a; function f() x = {a=1} end»)
(by Edgar Toernig; since 3.1)

** lparser.c
Tue Aug 29 15:56:05 EST 2000
>> error message for `for' uses `while'
(since 4.0a; already corrected)

** lgc.c
Tue Aug 29 15:57:41 EST 2000
>> gc tag method for nil could call line hook
(by ry; since ?)



=================================================================
--- Version 4.0 Beta

** liolib.c
Fri Sep 22 15:12:37 EST 2000
>> `read("*w")' should return nil at EOF
(by roberto; since 4.0b)

** lvm.c
Mon Sep 25 11:47:48 EST 2000
>> lua_gettable does not get key from stack top
(by Philip Yi; since 4.0b)

** lgc.c
Mon Sep 25 11:50:48 EST 2000
>> GC may crash when checking locked C closures
(by Philip Yi; since 4.0b)

** lapi.c
Wed Sep 27 09:50:19 EST 2000
>> lua_tag should return LUA_NOTAG for non-valid indices
(by Paul Hankin; since 4.0b)

** llex.h / llex.c / lparser.c
Wed Sep 27 13:39:45 EST 2000
>> parser overwrites semantic information when looking ahead
>> (e.g. «a = {print'foo'}»)
(by Edgar Toernig; since 4.0b, deriving from previous bug)

** liolib.c
Thu Oct 26 10:50:46 EDT 2000
>> in function `read_file', realloc() doesn't free the buffer if it can't
>> allocate new memory
(by Mauro Vezzosi; since 4.0b)



=================================================================
--- Version 4.0

** lparser.c
Wed Nov 29 09:51:44 EDT 2000
>> parser does not accept a `;' after a `return'
(by lhf; since 4.0b)

** liolib.c
Fri Dec 22 15:30:42 EDT 2000
>> when `read' fails it must return nil (and not no value)
(by cassino; since at least 3.1)

** lstring.c/lapi.c
Thu Feb  1 11:55:45 EDT 2001
>> lua_pushuserdata(L, NULL) is buggy
(by Edgar Toernig; since 4.0)

** ldo.c
Fri Feb  2 14:06:40 EDT 2001
>> «while 1 dostring[[print('hello\n')]] end» never reclaims memory
(by Andrew Paton; since 4.0b)

** lbaselib.c
Tue Feb  6 11:57:13 EDT 2001
>> ESC (which starts precompiled code) in C is \33, not \27
(by Edgar Toernig and lhf; since 4.0b)

** lparser.c
Tue Jul 10 16:59:18 EST 2001
>> error message for `%a' gave wrong line number
(by Leonardo Constantino; since 4.0)

** lbaselib.c
Fri Dec 21 15:21:05 EDT 2001
>> seg. fault when rawget/rawset get extra arguments
(by Eric Mauger; since 4.0b)

** lvm.c
Wed Jun 19 13:28:20 EST 2002
>> line hook gets wrong `ar'
(by Daniel C. Sinclair; since 4.0.b)

** ldo.c
Wed Jun 19 13:31:49 EST 2002
>> `protectedparser' may run GC, and then collect `filename'
>> (in function `parse_file')
(by Alex Bilyk; since 4.0)