[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/lua: add options for coercion between number and string

[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/lua: add options for coercion between number and string

[Francois Perrad]

the default behavior of Lua 5.3/5.4 interperter
(and the only way with Lua 5.1) is the automatic coercion.

this default behavior could change in future version (ie. Lua 5.5).

disabling automatic coercion increases the performance of the interpreter.

currently, using automatic coercion is not a good/recommended practice,
but there are no way (expect testing) to say if a Lua module relies on it.

Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
---
 package/lua/Config.in | 14 ++++++++++++++
 package/lua/lua.mk    |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package/lua/Config.in b/package/lua/Config.in
index 309dd6eec..ac30cfdde 100644
--- a/package/lua/Config.in
+++ b/package/lua/Config.in
@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_32BITS
 	  default 64 bit type. This option is particularly attractive
 	  for small machines and embedded systems.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_N2S
+	bool "automatic coercion from number to string"
+	default y
+	help
+	  If unsure, say y, this is the default behavior of the Lua
+	  interpreter. See LUA_NOCVTN2S in luaconf.h
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_S2N
+	bool "automatic coercion from string to number"
+	default y
+	help
+	  If unsure, say y, this is the default behavior of the Lua
+	  interpreter. See LUA_NOCVTN2S in luaconf.h
+
 endif
 
 choice
diff --git a/package/lua/lua.mk b/package/lua/lua.mk
index 01b554eb6..16086e7bf 100644
--- a/package/lua/lua.mk
+++ b/package/lua/lua.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3),y)
 LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_COMPAT_5_2
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_N2S),)
+LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_NOCVTN2S
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_S2N),)
+LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_NOCVTS2N
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 LUA_BUILDMODE = static
 else
-- 
2.37.2

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Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/lua: add options for coercion between number and string

[Yann E. MORIN]

François, All,

On 2023-01-18 16:46 +0100, Francois Perrad spake thusly:
> the default behavior of Lua 5.3/5.4 interperter
> (and the only way with Lua 5.1) is the automatic coercion.

Then we should make that obvious by eother hiding the options when lua
5.1 is seelected, of to make lua 5.1 forcibly enable those options, no?

Otherwise, a package that depends on automatic coercion, and has no lua
version requirement, would not be selectable on lua 5.1, because such a
package would be defined with something like:

    config BR2_PKG_LUA_FOO
        bool "lua-foo"
        depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_S2N && BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_S2N

Since both BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_S2N and BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_N2S are only
selectable for 5.3 or 5.4, they would forcibly never be set for lua 5.1,
even though that is actually what lua 5.1 does.

So, I moved the options out of the 5.3||5.4 condition, and made lua 5.1
forcibly select them.

Applied to master, thanks.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> this default behavior could change in future version (ie. Lua 5.5).
> 
> disabling automatic coercion increases the performance of the interpreter.
> 
> currently, using automatic coercion is not a good/recommended practice,
> but there are no way (expect testing) to say if a Lua module relies on it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
> ---
>  package/lua/Config.in | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  package/lua/lua.mk    |  8 ++++++++
>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/package/lua/Config.in b/package/lua/Config.in
> index 309dd6eec..ac30cfdde 100644
> --- a/package/lua/Config.in
> +++ b/package/lua/Config.in
> @@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_32BITS
>  	  default 64 bit type. This option is particularly attractive
>  	  for small machines and embedded systems.
>  
> +config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_N2S
> +	bool "automatic coercion from number to string"
> +	default y
> +	help
> +	  If unsure, say y, this is the default behavior of the Lua
> +	  interpreter. See LUA_NOCVTN2S in luaconf.h
> +
> +config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_S2N
> +	bool "automatic coercion from string to number"
> +	default y
> +	help
> +	  If unsure, say y, this is the default behavior of the Lua
> +	  interpreter. See LUA_NOCVTN2S in luaconf.h
> +
>  endif
>  
>  choice
> diff --git a/package/lua/lua.mk b/package/lua/lua.mk
> index 01b554eb6..16086e7bf 100644
> --- a/package/lua/lua.mk
> +++ b/package/lua/lua.mk
> @@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3),y)
>  LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_COMPAT_5_2
>  endif
>  
> +ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_N2S),)
> +LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_NOCVTN2S
> +endif
> +
> +ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CVT_S2N),)
> +LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_NOCVTS2N
> +endif
> +
>  ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
>  LUA_BUILDMODE = static
>  else
> -- 
> 2.37.2
> 
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