From b7a7b92d12f81a1e5d1aba6f78b451400414979f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arseny Kapoulkine Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:24:56 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update syntax.md Remove confusing block because it reads as if we *do* support this syntax if you aren't reading carefully. --- docs/_pages/syntax.md | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/_pages/syntax.md b/docs/_pages/syntax.md index e5d5a0a7..e71dc1cc 100644 --- a/docs/_pages/syntax.md +++ b/docs/_pages/syntax.md @@ -21,21 +21,13 @@ local function tree_insert(tree, x) end ``` -Note that future versions of Lua extend the Lua 5.1 syntax with the following features; Luau does support string literal extensions but does not support other features from this list: - -- hexadecimal (`\x`), Unicode (`\u`) and `\z` escapes for string literals -- goto statements and labels -- bitwise operators -- floor division operator (`//`) -- `` and `` local attributes - -> For details please refer to [compatibility section](compatibility). +Note that future versions of Lua extend the Lua 5.1 syntax with more features; Luau does support string literal extensions but does not support other 5.x additions; for details please refer to [compatibility section](compatibility). The rest of this document documents additional syntax used in Luau. ## String literals -As noted above, Luau implements support for hexadecimal (`\0x`), Unicode (`\u`) and `\z` escapes for string literals. This syntax follows [Lua 5.3 syntax](https://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html#3.1): +Luau implements support for hexadecimal (`\0x`), Unicode (`\u`) and `\z` escapes for string literals. This syntax follows [Lua 5.3 syntax](https://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html#3.1): - `\xAB` inserts a character with the code 0xAB into the string - `\u{ABC}` inserts a UTF8 byte sequence that encodes U+0ABC character into the string (note that braces are mandatory)