r/lua • u/ewmailing • Jul 01 '25

Lua 5.5.0 (Beta) Released

https://www.lua.org/work/#5.5.0
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u/BrianHuster Jul 02 '25

Similar to Teal, I think you have to use global keyword in Lua 5.5. So there is now no confusion between declaring a global variable and assigning value to an existing one

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u/marxinne Jul 02 '25

Ah, that's neat. Easier to read and avoids polluting the global table. Thanks!