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Currently I'm working at an open source project and I don't intend to compile the sources to hide the content of the Lua files. On the other hand I have sympathy with plug-in developers who are interested to hide the code by compiling the code. Both philosophies have their right to exist. But this is not my theme. My theme is:
I'm wondering why there are plug-in developers who (a) provide the code public and (b) compile the code.
Maybe, there are technical advantages I didn't realize up to now?
I came across this topic by inspecting the “500px Publisher for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom®”.
This plug-in includes compiled Lua files. The included readme file states, the sources are maintained at GitHub.
I don't think there's any large benefit to compiling code other than obscuring the source. See this thread for more information: Any technical benefit to compiling Lua?
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I don't think there's any large benefit to compiling code other than obscuring the source. See this thread for more information: Any technical benefit to compiling Lua?