Board Thread:Lua Help/@comment-2170536-20150327185855/@comment-4522253-20150327194704

I'm not staff, so I can't give you an official answer. My understanding is the engineers "are constantly working to improve functions in each new iteration". They're aware of the limitations of the backport, and this is a common / frequent one from the wikians who use Lua. So, I'd call it part of the roadmap, but not to expect it soon.