LOOP 3.0

Release Notes

Version 3.0

What's New?

• Adapted to also work in Lua 5.2.
• New module loop.proto to support prototyping.
• Classes adopt a basic model that allow the program to manipulate any LOOP class in a uniform way, see General Manipulation.
• New module with implementations of the __new metamethod.
• New utilitary function memoize to create memoize tables.

What's Changed?

• Preloader is distributed as a separate package.
• LOOP Class Library is distributed as a separate package.
• LOOP modules for component-based development are distributed as a separate package.
• The following module functions were renamed for clarity:

  LOOP 2.x	LOOP 3.0
  classof	getclass
  instanceof	isinstanceof
  memberof	getmember
  subclassof	issubclassof
  superclass	getsuper