Lua bitwise operators backport to LE version?

[pijaczkar8]

Hi ryobg, is there any chance of a quick backport of the Lua bitwise operators to the LE version? I am needing bitwise for functions in a mod I am hoping to release on both platforms and despite the info on the LE Git stating they're included since JC 3.0 they do not appear to be.

If not, can you tell me how I might be able to work in something like https://gist.github.com/kaeza/8ee7e921c98951b4686d to at least get the functions in pure lua?

[ryobg]

Hello Duncan,

I'm not maintainer of the old mod, but even if I had a green light, it will require some good deal of time. So I think this is not an option. I can tell you what I did to support the Lua bit operations here:

https://github.com/ryobg/JContainers/commit/9af488cf827fc3b599bdc4da2c854bb0f2da6f86#diff-902c75329b2859b7324da6e1421876f8

But this will require that you have a custom version of the old JC. I'm not sure whether you can workaround that. Maybe it is worth to ask the original dev there for an advice.

I haven't dig, but looks like the Gist you sent may be almost copy-paste solution?

[pijaczkar8]

I was wondering if I could just add the full library of functions to my init.lua?

[ryobg]

Point is I do not know whether you can really introduce library in your environment. JC pre-sets the environment for your scripts, possibly as a security measure. I will repeat some of the possible direcitons too look into:

• Contact the original dev
• Investigate an way in Lua to pull in some library, or add existing implementation (e.g. the Gist)
• Offload the bit operations to some other module: Papyrus or your own custom Plugin
• Re-design your solution so that you do not need the Lua bit operations

Hope this helps.

[pijaczkar8]

Many thanks

[ryobg]

Have a success. Feel free to reopen if there is something more to be done.