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

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