List of highlights from the reference: new generational mode for garbage collection to-be-closed variables const variables userdata can have multiple user values new implementation for math.random...
List of highlights from the reference:
new generational mode for garbage collection
to-be-closed variables
const variables
userdata can have multiple user values
new implementation for math.random
warning system
debug information about function arguments and returns
new semantics for the integer 'for' loop
optional 'init' argument to 'string.gmatch'
new functions 'lua_resetthread' and 'coroutine.close'
coersions string-to-number moved to the string library
allocation function allowed to fail when shrinking a memory block
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