LuaRT 0.9.2 beta 1

Samir

Dear LuaRT Community,

LuaRT 0.9.2 beta 1 has just been released, and is available on [Login to see the link].
I hope you will enjoy this release, focused on networking functionalities.
Please feel free to post any feedback or bug reports.

Here are the main changes since version 0.9.1 :

[ NEW ] net module documentation released
[ NEW ] net.Ftp object
[ NEW ] net.Http object
[ NEW ] net.adapters iterator
[ NEW ] net.urlparse() function
[ NEW ] net.ip and net.publicip properties
[ NEW ] Socket.port, Socket.ip, Socket.family properties
[ NEW ] Socket:sendall() method
[ NEW ] Zip:extractall() method
[ NEW ] Http object to perform GET/POST requests
[ NEW ] ui.dirdialog() to open a dialog and choose directory
[ NEW ] New example sendmail.lua
[ NEW ] New example weather.lua
[ NEW ] LuaRT Community now hosted on [Login to see the link]

[ UPDATE ] false positive antivirus dectection 99% fixed
[ UPDATE ] crypto module has been refactored
[ UPDATE ] net.resolve() and net.reverse() now supports IPv6
[ UPDATE ] Socket constructor now supports IPv6
[ UPDATE ] Socket:start_tls() have been renamed to Socket:starttls() for more consistency
[ UPDATE ] Socket:listen() have been removed
[ UPDATE ] Buffer:encode() has been renamed to Buffer:decode() (actualy Buffer:encode does not encode, but decode)
[ UPDATE ] Zip:extract() can now extract in a specified path
[ UPDATE ] Zip:extract() can now extract entire directories
[ UPDATE ] console.readln() now accepts a string (written to the console before reading for input)
[ UPDATE ] console.fullscreen is now a readwrite property
[ UPDATE ] console.echo now enable/disable echoing, with the possibility to set the echoed character.
[ UPDATE ] Examples lang.lua and guess.lua have been updated to use the new console color names
[ UPDATE ] Documentation : various fixes and rewrites, better SEO, navigation links in modules section

[ BUG FIXED ] global arg table fixed (arg[0] was the luart.exe interpreter)
[ BUG FIXED ] console.read(n) reads more than n characters when console.echo is true
[ BUG FIXED ] Fixed ui onClick() event not leaving the clicked control
[ BUG FIXED ] Fixed type() function not returning "nil" for nil argument as it should
[ BUG FIXED ] Function console.clear now uses the provided color argument as it should
[ BUG FIXED ] Directory:make() is now really constructing the path
[ BUG FIXED ] console.stderr and console.stdout now check for "write" File open mode before assignment
[ BUG FIXED ] Fixed console.fullscreen() hanging minimized when calling console.fullscreen(false) twice
[ BUG FIXED ] File:writeln() now writes CRLF "\r\n" (default Windows EOL)

Regards,

Samir

Mike

I will be testing this out as soon as possible. Great job!

Mike

Norton 360 is removing the the .exe and .dll files as violating ws.reputation.1. Had to fight with Norton to be allowed to install the files. (Norton occasional complains about executables I have built myself.)

Samir

Very strange ... I think Norton consider luaRT files as false positives. Did it happen before with previous release ?
Can you analyse the files with Norton to check if it has found anything ?
I think it consider luaRT as harmful as luaRT reputation is very low...

Mike

Norton pretty much flags everything new as a virus unless it is digitally signed. I'll look into the certification process--might be worth doing if it isn't too expensive. I fear too many Norton users will be scared away by having LuaRT flagged. Norton has a reputation for overagressiveness. I only use it because my ISP gave me a free trial. I can't scan luart.exe, etc. because Norton will remove the files again. I solved the problem on my machine by excluding my LuaRT directory and its sub-directories from Norton scans.

Samir

Thank you Mike for this feedback.
I've made a lot of work to eliminate false positive detection and I hope that it's just Norton agressiveness !