Re: Lua binding for curses

[Charlotte Koch <charlotte%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 04:34:44AM +0300, Valery Ushakov wrote:
> Nice.  What is prior art in this area?  I know of
>
>   https://github.com/lcurses/lcurses
>
> though I never used it myself and don't know its status.  If it
> already has adoption in the lua community, it makes sense to use it
> and make sure it can be compiled against our curses.  Though that may
> be less fun that writing your own from scratch :)

I didn't realize that prior art actually mattered...

I say this because our SQLite bindings in src/lib/lua/sqlite were
homegrown, despite the fact that official Lua-SQLite bindings
have always existed upstream:

http://lua.sqlite.org

I.e. I'm not sure how to handle the suggestion to import an upstream
library, when "the prior art" demonstrated in src/ with sqlite is to NOT
use upstream libraries.

Maybe the author of src/lib/lua/sqlite didn't realize that the offical
bindings existed. But at the same time, maybe it's a sign of what
NetBSD's stance *should* be regarding a situation like this. I don't
know.

At any rate, I'm not gonna let that unanswered question stop me from
plopping in my own bindings in the near term.

Charlotte