0.79.x✎

Asking what a value is.

0.79.x2026-09-22

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Asking what a value is.

Release

  1. 0.79.0Asking what a value is.New2026-09-22

Added

  • 0.79.0Not Equal to Self, a pill: x ~= x, which is true of NaN and nothing else. Luau has no isnan, and a value compared against itself reads as a mistake until you know the trick.
  • 0.79.0Type as String writes the name typeof answers — "Vector3" — picked from a list rather than typed into a String node, where a misspelling is a check that never matches. The list is what typeof can answer: Luau's own names, Roblox's datatypes and Instance.

Changed

  • 0.79.0Type Of is a pill, showing the typeof it writes.
  • 0.79.0A value a node reads twice is worked out once. x ~= x on a call bound a local and compared it to itself; it used to make the call twice. A name, a number or a field read is still read where it is used.