Re: [PATCH] File access library for lua

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 06:26:02PM +0800, Bean wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Robert Millan<rmh@aybabtu.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:38:35AM +0800, Bean wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I'm feeling uneasy about having a parser in GRUB that is not used by
> >> > default, but it's not related to the quality of the patch.
> >>
> >> Actually, this is about to change.
> >
> > I don't mind LUA being supported if it's useful for some users, but I'm
> > not satisfied with ditching GRUB scripting engine with something external.
> >
> > We really should discuss it with Marco or Okuji before changing the
> > default parser to something else.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> No need to change the default parser, with the #! syntax, we can call
> the lua script from main grub.cfg, and the parser will switch back to
> sh on return, something like this:

Ok, that's nice.  I was more thinking about our grub.cfg-generation scripts
though.  I think those should stay with the current parser.

-- 
Robert Millan

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