MacOS by default uses statically linked readline

(plus detail in the manual)

luaconf.h

@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@
 #if defined(LUA_USE_MACOSX)
 #define LUA_USE_POSIX
 #define LUA_USE_DLOPEN		/* macOS does not need -ldl */
-#if !defined(LUA_READLINELIB)
-#define LUA_READLINELIB		"libedit.dylib"
-#endif
+#define LUA_USE_READLINE
 #endif
 
 

manual/manual.of

@@ -2692,9 +2692,9 @@ which behaves like a nil value.
 
 @sect3{constchar|@title{Pointers to Strings}
 
-Several functions in the API accept pointers (@T{const char*})
-to C strings.
-Some of there parameters have an associated length (@T{size_t}).
+Several functions in the API have parameters
+that are pointers to C strings (@T{const char*}).
+Some of these parameters have an associated length (@T{size_t}).
 Unless stated otherwise,
 when there is an associated length,
 the string can contain embedded zeros;