--[[ ** lua.stx / llex.c Tue Dec 2 10:45:48 EDT 1997 >> BUG: "lastline" was not reset on function entry, so debug information >> started only in the 2nd line of a function. ================================================================= --- Version 3.1 alpha ** lua.c Thu Jan 15 14:34:58 EDT 1998 >> must include "stdlib.h" (for "exit()"). ** lbuiltin.c / lobject.h Thu Jan 15 14:34:58 EDT 1998 >> MAX_WORD may be bigger than MAX_INT (by lhf) ** llex.c Mon Jan 19 18:17:18 EDT 1998 >> wrong line number (+1) in error report when file starts with "#..." ** lstrlib.c Tue Jan 27 15:27:49 EDT 1998 >> formats like "%020d" were considered too big (3 digits); moreover, >> some sistems limit printf to at most 500 chars, so we can limit sizes >> to 2 digits (99). ** lapi.c Tue Jan 27 17:12:36 EDT 1998 >> "lua_getstring" may create a new string, so should check GC ** lstring.c / ltable.c Wed Jan 28 14:48:12 EDT 1998 >> tables can become full of "empty" slots, and keep growing without limits. ** lstrlib.c Mon Mar 9 15:26:09 EST 1998 >> gsub('a', '(b?)%1*' ...) loops (because the capture is empty). ** lstrlib.c Mon May 18 19:20:00 EST 1998 >> arguments for "format" 'x', 'X', 'o' and 'u' must be unsigned int. ================================================================= --- Version 3.1 ** liolib.c / lauxlib.c Mon Sep 7 15:57:02 EST 1998 >> function "luaL_argerror" prints wrong argument number (from a user's point of view) when functions have upvalues. ** lstrlib.c Tue Nov 10 17:29:36 EDT 1998 >> gsub/strfind do not check whether captures are properly finished. (by roberto/tomas) ** lbuiltin.c Fri Dec 18 11:22:55 EDT 1998 >> "tonumber" goes crazy with negative numbers in other bases (not 10), because "strtol" returns long, not unsigned long. (by Visual C++) ** lstrlib.c Mon Jan 4 10:41:40 EDT 1999 >> "format" does not check size of format item (such as "%00000...00000d"). ** lapi.c Wed Feb 3 14:40:21 EDT 1999 >> getlocal cannot return the local itself, since lua_isstring and lua_isnumber can modify it. ** lstrlib.c Thu Feb 4 17:08:50 EDT 1999 >> format "%s" may break limit of "sprintf" on some machines. (by Marcelo Sales) ** lzio.c Thu Mar 4 11:49:37 EST 1999 >> file stream cannot call fread after EOF. (by lhf) ================================================================= --- Version 3.2 (beta) ** lstrlib.c Fri Apr 30 11:10:20 EST 1999 >> '$' at end of pattern was matching regular '$', too. (by anna; since 2.5) ** lbuiltin.c Fri May 21 17:15:11 EST 1999 >> foreach, foreachi, foreachvar points to function in stack when stack can be reallocated. (by tomas; since 3.2 beta) ** lparser.c Wed Jun 16 10:32:46 EST 1999 >> cannot assign to unlimited variables, because it causes overflow in the number of returns of a function. (since 3.1) ================================================================= --- Version 3.2 ** lmathlib.c Wed Aug 18 11:28:38 EST 1999 >> random(0) and random(x,0) are wrong (0 is read as no argument!). (by Dave Bollinger; since 3.1) ** lparser.c Thu Sep 2 10:07:20 EST 1999 >> in the (old) expression << ls->fs->f->consts[checkname(ls)] >>, checkname could realloc f->consts. (by Supratik Champati; since 3.2 beta) ** lobject.c / lbuiltin.c Wed Sep 8 17:41:54 EST 1999 >> tonumber'e1' and tonumber(' ', x), for x!=10, gave 0 instead of nil. (since 3.1) ** lstrlib.c Thu Nov 11 14:36:30 EDT 1999 >> `strfind' does not handle \0 in plain search. (by Jon Kleiser; since 3.1) ** lparser.c Wed Dec 29 16:05:43 EDT 1999 >> return gives wrong line in debug information (by lhf; since 3.2 [at least]) ** ldo.c Thu Dec 30 16:39:33 EDT 1999 >> cannot reopen stdin (for binary mode) (by lhf & roberto; since 3.1) ** lapi.c Thu Mar 2 09:41:53 EST 2000 >> lua_settable should check stack space (it could call a T.M.) (by lhf & celes; since 3.2; it was already fixed by fixed stack) ** lparser.c Mon Apr 3 09:59:06 EST 2000 >> '%' should be in expfollow (by Edgar Toernig; since 3.1; it was already fixed) ** lbuiltin.c Mon Apr 3 10:05:05 EST 2000 >> tostring() without arguments gives seg. fault. (by Edgar Toernig; since 3.0) ================================================================= --- Version 4.0 alpha Tested with full test suites (as locked in Mon Apr 24 14:23:11 EST 2000) in the following platforms: * Linux - gcc, g++ * AIX - gcc * Solaris - gcc, cc * IRIX - cc, cc-purify * Windows - Visual C++ (.c e .cpp, warning level=4) ** lstrlib.c Tue May 2 15:27:58 EST 2000 >> `strfind' gets wrong subject length when there is an offset (by Jon Kleiser; since 4.0a) ** lparser.c Fri May 12 15:11:12 EST 2000 >> first element in a list constructor is not adjusted to one value >> (e.g. «a = {gsub('a','a','')}») (by Tomas; since 4.0a) ** lparser.c Wed May 24 14:50:16 EST 2000 >> record-constructor starting with an upvalue name gets an error >> (e.g. «local a; function f() x = {a=1} end») (by Edgar Toernig; since 3.1) ** lparser.c Tue Aug 29 15:56:05 EST 2000 >> error message for `for' uses `while' (since 4.0a; already corrected) ** lgc.c Tue Aug 29 15:57:41 EST 2000 >> gc tag method for nil could call line hook (by ry; since ?) ================================================================= --- Version 4.0 Beta ** liolib.c Fri Sep 22 15:12:37 EST 2000 >> `read("*w")' should return nil at EOF (by roberto; since 4.0b) ** lvm.c Mon Sep 25 11:47:48 EST 2000 >> lua_gettable does not get key from stack top (by Philip Yi; since 4.0b) ** lgc.c Mon Sep 25 11:50:48 EST 2000 >> GC may crash when checking locked C closures (by Philip Yi; since 4.0b) ** lapi.c Wed Sep 27 09:50:19 EST 2000 >> lua_tag should return LUA_NOTAG for non-valid indices (by Paul Hankin; since 4.0b) ** llex.h / llex.c / lparser.c Wed Sep 27 13:39:45 EST 2000 >> parser overwrites semantic information when looking ahead >> (e.g. «a = {print'foo'}») (by Edgar Toernig; since 4.0b, deriving from previous bug) ** liolib.c Thu Oct 26 10:50:46 EDT 2000 >> in function `read_file', realloc() doesn't free the buffer if it can't >> allocate new memory (by Mauro Vezzosi; since 4.0b) ================================================================= --- Version 4.0 ** lparser.c Wed Nov 29 09:51:44 EDT 2000 >> parser does not accept a `;' after a `return' (by lhf; since 4.0b) ** liolib.c Fri Dec 22 15:30:42 EDT 2000 >> when `read' fails it must return nil (and not no value) (by cassino; since at least 3.1) ** lstring.c/lapi.c Thu Feb 1 11:55:45 EDT 2001 >> lua_pushuserdata(L, NULL) is buggy (by Edgar Toernig; since 4.0) ** ldo.c Fri Feb 2 14:06:40 EDT 2001 >> «while 1 dostring[[print('hello\n')]] end» never reclaims memory (by Andrew Paton; since 4.0b) ** lbaselib.c Tue Feb 6 11:57:13 EDT 2001 >> ESC (which starts precompiled code) in C is \33, not \27 (by Edgar Toernig and lhf; since 4.0b) ** lparser.c Tue Jul 10 16:59:18 EST 2001 >> error message for `%a' gave wrong line number (by Leonardo Constantino; since 4.0) ** lbaselib.c Fri Dec 21 15:21:05 EDT 2001 >> seg. fault when rawget/rawset get extra arguments (by Eric Mauger; since 4.0b) ** lvm.c Wed Jun 19 13:28:20 EST 2002 >> line hook gets wrong `ar' (by Daniel C. Sinclair; since 4.0.b) ** ldo.c Wed Jun 19 13:31:49 EST 2002 >> `protectedparser' may run GC, and then collect `filename' >> (in function `parse_file') (by Alex Bilyk; since 4.0) ================================================================= --- Version 5.0 alpha ** lgc.c Fri Aug 30 13:49:14 EST 2002 >> GC metamethod stored in a weak metatable being collected together with >> userdata may not be cleared properly (by Roberto; since 5.0a) ** lapi.c Thu Nov 21 11:00:00 EST 2002 >> ULONG_MAX>>10 may not fit into an int (by Jeff Petkau; since 4.0) ** lparser.c Fri Dec 6 17:06:40 UTC 2002 >> scope of generic for variables is not sound (by Gavin Wraith; since 5.0a) ================================================================= --- Version 5.0 beta ** lbaselib.c Fri Dec 20 09:53:19 UTC 2002 >> `resume' was checking the wrong value for stack overflow (by Maik Zimmermann; since 5.0b) ** ldo.c Thu Jan 23 11:29:06 UTC 2003 >> error during garbage collection in luaD_protectedparser is not being >> protected (by Benoit Germain; since 5.0a) ** ldo.c (and others) Fri Feb 28 14:20:33 EST 2003 >> GC metamethod calls could mess C/Lua stack syncronization (by Roberto; since 5.0b) ** lzio.h/zlio.c Thu Mar 20 11:40:12 EST 2003 >> zio mixes a 255 as first char in a buffer with EOZ (by lhf; since 5.0a) --]] ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Lua 5.0 (final) Bug{ what = [[lua_closethread exists only in the manual]], report = [[by Nguyen Binh, 28/04/2003]], patch = [[no patch; the manual is wrong]], } Bug{ what = [[attempt to resume a running coroutine crashes Lua]], example = [[ function co_func (current_co) coroutine.resume(co) end co = coroutine.create(co_func) coroutine.resume(co) coroutine.resume(co) --> seg. fault ]], report = [[by Alex Bilyk, 09/05/2003]], patch = [[???]], } Bug{ what = [[file:close cannot be called without a file. (results in seg fault)]], example = [[ > io.stdin.close() -- correct call shold be io.stdin:close() ]], report = [[by Tuomo Valkonen, 27/05/2003]], patch = [[ * liolib.c: 161c161 < if (lua_isnone(L, 1)) { --- > if (lua_isnone(L, 1) && lua_type(L, lua_upvalueindex(1)) == LUA_TTABLE) { ]], --}} } Bug{ what = [[C functions also may have stacks larger than current top]], example = [[ Must recompile lua with a change in lua.c and with lua_assert defined: * lua.c: 381a382 > lua_checkstack(l, 1000); ]], report = [[Alex Bilyk, 09/06/2003]], patch = [[ * lgc.c: 247c247 < if (!(ci->state & CI_C) && lim < ci->top) --- > if (lim < ci->top) ]], } Bug{ what = [[`pc' address is invalidated when a coroutine is suspended]], example = [[ function g(x) coroutine.yield(x) end function f (i) debug.sethook(print, "l") for j=1,1000 do g(i+j) end end co = coroutine.wrap(f) co(10) pcall(co) pcall(co) ]], report = [[Nick Trout, 07/07/2003]], patch = [[ * lvm.c: 402d401 < L->ci->u.l.pc = &pc; 405a405 > L->ci->u.l.pc = &pc; 676,678c676 < lua_assert(ci->u.l.pc == &pc && < ttisfunction(ci->base - 1) && < (ci->state & CI_SAVEDPC)); --- > lua_assert(ttisfunction(ci->base - 1) && (ci->state & CI_SAVEDPC)); ]] } Bug{ what = [[userdata to be collected still counts into new GC threshold, increasing memory consumption]], report = [[Roberto, 25/07/2003]], example = [[ a = newproxy(true) getmetatable(a).__gc = function () end for i=1,10000000 do newproxy(a) if math.mod(i, 10000) == 0 then print(gcinfo()) end end ]], patch = [[ * lgc.h: 18c18 < void luaC_separateudata (lua_State *L); --- > size_t luaC_separateudata (lua_State *L); * lgc.c: 113c113,114 < void luaC_separateudata (lua_State *L) { --- > size_t luaC_separateudata (lua_State *L) { > size_t deadmem = 0; 127a129 > deadmem += sizeudata(gcotou(curr)->uv.len); 136a139 > return deadmem; 390c393 < static void checkSizes (lua_State *L) { --- > static void checkSizes (lua_State *L, size_t deadmem) { 400c403 < G(L)->GCthreshold = 2*G(L)->nblocks; /* new threshold */ --- > G(L)->GCthreshold = 2*G(L)->nblocks - deadmem; /* new threshold */ 454c457,458 < static void mark (lua_State *L) { --- > static size_t mark (lua_State *L) { > size_t deadmem; 467c471 < luaC_separateudata(L); /* separate userdata to be preserved */ --- > deadmem = luaC_separateudata(L); /* separate userdata to be preserved */ 475a480 > return deadmem; 480c485 < mark(L); --- > size_t deadmem = mark(L); 482c487 < checkSizes(L); --- > checkSizes(L, deadmem); ]] } Bug{ what=[[IBM AS400 (OS400) has sizeof(void *)==16, and a `%p' may generate up to 60 characters in a `printf'. That causes a buffer overflow in `tostring'.]], report = [[David Burgess, 25/08/2003]], example = [[print{}; (in an AS400 machine)]], patch = [[ * liolib.c: 178c178 < char buff[32]; --- > char buff[128]; * lbaselib.c: 327c327 < char buff[64]; --- > char buff[128]; ]] }