Hi Hans, all,

this was just announced on lua-l. Might be relevant to Context
since the advertised functionality intersects with mtx-package /
util-mrg.lua:

    Potential uses include:
    - Compressing Lua programs by removing comments and whitespace (strip.lua)
    - Removing assertions (assert.lua)
    - Adding new syntax sugar (self.lua)
    - Experimenting with new syntax without hacking the Lua source (reserved.lua)

I especially like the idea of having some kind of a preprocessor.

The original announcement can be found at Gmane in case the
attachment is eaten by the list:

    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.lua.general/121329

Have fun,
Philipp

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