std.optparse: please backport fixes from optparse package or remove from std #110

Activity

1. ngie-eign

   changed the title [-]std.optparse: please backport fixes from `optparse` package or remove[/-] [+]`std.optparse`: please backport fixes from `optparse` package or remove from `std`[/+] on Sep 23, 2026
2. gvvaughan commented on Oct 11, 2026

   

   gvvaughan

   on Oct 11, 2026

   Last edited by gvvaughan

   Contributor

   More actions

   I've stalled on a multi-year project to split the lua-stdlib grab-bag of assorted unrelated batteries into a suite of smaller focussed libraries. The focussed libraries are more or less in good shape:

   • https://github.com/lua-stdlib/normalize
   • https://github.com/lua-stdlib/_debug
   • https://github.com/lua-stdlib/strict
   • https://github.com/lua-stdlib/prototype
   • https://github.com/lua-stdlib/functional
   • https://github.com/gvvaughan/optparse
   • https://github.com/gvvaughan/typecheck

   But there's not a clear home for std.tree, and maybe some other small outliers.

   And lua-stdlib itself is effectively on life-support. The blocker is that lua-stdlib underpins a substantial stack of other modules and programs, and the focussed libraries while much cleaner and (IMHO) better designed are not entirely compatible.

   What's left: tearing out the guts of lua-stdlib, making it depend on all of the focussed libraries, and then coding all the shims to make projects that depend on all of lua-stdlib get a fully backwards compatible API.
3. gvvaughan commented on Oct 11, 2026

   

   gvvaughan

   on Oct 11, 2026

   Last edited by gvvaughan

   Contributor

   More actions

   @ngie-eign what is the bug you encountered exactly, and what is it that you need back porting and to where? I'll be happy to merge your PR if you know what needs fixing. Otherwise please give me a reproducer for your bug and I'll look into it when I get some time.

   Note that unreleased lua-stdlib has already dropped std.optparse, but top-of-tree is not backwards compatible with the last release.
4. ngie-eign commented on Oct 12, 2026

   

   ngie-eign

   on Oct 12, 2026

   Last edited by ngie-eign

   Author

   More actions

   4. @ngie-eign what is the bug you encountered exactly, and what is it that you need back porting and to where? I'll be happy to merge your PR if you know what needs fixing. Otherwise please give me a reproducer for your bug and I'll look into it when I get some time.
   Note that unreleased lua-stdlib has already dropped std.optparse, but top-of-tree is not backwards compatible with the last release.

   There’s a single bug fix in the release I mentioned 🙂. If that could be backported to the stdlib copy, that would fix the hang I ran into with dashes in my usage string. Alternatively, if it’s just nuked, that would work for me (and no action would be required, minus putting out a new release).