Re: unix(3lua)

[Alexander Nasonov <alnsn%yandex.ru@localhost>]

Sevan Janiyan wrote:
> On 19/05/2018 11:36, Alexander Nasonov wrote:
> > The main page of the repository says it's incomplete.
> 
> "This module does not aim to be complete, it merely contains functions
> that I needed at some point of time"

OK, my statement wasn't very accurate but I find it very unlikely for
one-man project to be (accidentally) complete if it doesn't aim to be
complete.

> > Does anyone plan to make it complete or near complete?
> 
> I was thinking along that line. Continuing on the idea of the fully
> scriptable operating system. Why not have bindings for the items we
> include in base, not necessarily external third party components but
> core os and our homegrown parts (netpgp, bozo,...). This would be ideal
> for a workshop where you want to give a taste of what's possible and
> build up from there.

If you have time and energy to write and maintain code, I'm all for it.
However, unix(3lua) will create a fragmentation: if you write code for
POSIX-compatible OS (e.g. Linux) you use luaposix unless you're on NetBSD,
in which case you should use unix(3lua).

> > Wouldn't be easier to take luaposix and add missing (NetBSD
> > specific?) bits.
> 
> Seeing that it was Marc's work and he is of this parish, it was a nice
> compliment to the other work he has done and we are lacking such a
> component.

Marc probably voiced his concerns of luaposix on the lua-l mailing lists
in the past but I can't find anything at the moment.

Marc, what were your arguments for not using luaposix when you wrote
your module?

I could only find this message:

Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:39:01 +0100
From: Marc Balmer
To: Lua mailing list <lua-l%lists.lua.org@localhost>
Subject: Two more Lua modules on github/mbalmer

>...
> The unix module contains Unix functionality I needed for some of my
> projects like fork(), select(), etc. It is not complete nor does it
> aim to be complete.  And it is not a replacement for luaposix either.
> See it as a Unix grab-bag for now ;)
>...

Alex