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.
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.