If you insinuate that %q obviates the need for ldump then you are wrong. There is not even significant overlap in what they do; all that %q does is sufficientl

If you insinuate that %q obviates the need for ldump then you are wrong. There is not even significant overlap in what they do; all that %q does is sufficiently escape Lua strings so the interpreter can read them back. It does not serialize functions nor even tables in any shape or form. edit: Sorry for being unreasonably harsh after misunderstanding your message.