upgrade to lua 5.2 already

[Macunfadebo]

I need bitwise operations

[slime]

LuaJIT would be a much better choice. There are even builds of LÖVE which use LuaJIT already: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8750#p53963

[Jasoco]

I second LuaJIT. It makes my math calculations so much faster for my 3D engine. Unless 5.2 is just as fast?

Just pick one that's nice and fast and that's all I care.

[slime]

I second LuaJIT. It makes my math calculations so much faster for my 3D engine. Unless 5.2 is just as fast?

Just pick one that's nice and fast and that's all I care.

5.2 is no faster than regular 5.1. I don't believe there is any good reason to want 5.2 instead of LuaJIT, since LuaJIT implements some 5.2 features by default (and more if you ask when compiling it.)

[kikito]

Count me in the Luajit camp too. I think some of the backwards-breaking changes in 5.2 are too gratuitous, and Luajit is way faster.

[Macunfadebo]

LuaJIT would be a much better choice. There are even builds of LÖVE which use LuaJIT already: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8750#p53963

thanks, it works great
but if I were to share my .love, I'd have to tell them to use love with luajit instead of regular love..

[mickeyjm]

I also agree with Luajit being used instead of 5.1 by default as it means everyone gets faster results and those with bad PCs (like me) can run a wider range of LÖVE games at a good speed (especially the 3D ones)

[Inny]

I would like Lua 5.2, but LuaJIT would be a better idea for what people use Love for. In terms of what we'd get from Lua 5.2, I think the _ENV feature is the only thing missing from the most recent version of LuaJIT.

[Jasoco]

So are there drawbacks to switching to LuaJIT instead of Lua 5.2? I love the speed boost LuaJIT gives us.

[Inny]

LuaJit has a limited number of platforms it can run on. But Love runs on less platforms than LuaJit, so it wouldn't be an immediate problem.