2015-01-09 16:30 GMT+02:00 luigi scarso <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Mico Loretan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Lua 5.3, currently at the "release candidate" stage, features a new 64-bit >> integer data type -- up until now, the one and only numeric data type was >> double-precision -- and basic UTF8 support, among several new features. Is >> there a chance that the next version of LuaTeX will be based on Lua 5.3? >> >> Cheers, Mico >> >> Sent from my iPhone. > > Testing Lua 5.3 is on agenda after integration of token lib (which is on the > top of the current todo list, but we are currently debugging a nasty mplib > bug). > Btw, we cannot guarantee that lua 5.3 will be in the next TL 2015.
Lua 5.3 is Lua 5.2 with: 1. Genuine 64-bit integers with bit operators. 2. Rudimentary UTF-8 support. 3. Number-to-string based on internal representation, not human-readable format conversion. It has a lot to offer to LuaTeX.
