It was always planned on moving to Lua 5.3 at least. But also the library API changed which is some work still left over
Release notes for 5.3:
http://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/readme.html
It’s possible that there are incompatibilities, which would necessitate modifying Lua scripts , but for me personally, I don’t mind changing my scripts if I have
to. In fact, I *want* to change my scripts in order to make use of some new features, in particular the bitwise operators[1]. To me, the perfect time to update would be for the next Wireshark 3.0 release.
Previous discussion starts here:
https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/201608/msg00082.html.
Maybe João, Pascal, Peter, Hadriel and others would like to weigh in again here?
- Chris
Hi Chris,
Is there any particular reason why Wireshark for Windows still ships with Lua 5.2.4? An upgrade to 5.3+ would be a welcome one.
Thanks.
Can our current code run fine with Lua 5.3/5.4? Based on previous discussions in -dev I thought it was not the case but maybe I'm wrong (I'm not a Lua user myself and this is based on exchanges from a few years ago).
If it is safe, I will happily update the package.
And would the existing scripts be compatible with Lua 5.3 or 5.4?
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