lua-loadchunk

January 11, 2022 ยท View on GitHub

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Lua chunk loader module.

Installation

luarocks install loadchunk

fn, err = loadchunk.string( str [, env [, ident]] )

returns the compiled chunk as a function.

Parameters

  • str:string: chunk string.
  • env:table: chunk environment.
  • ident:string: used as the chunk name for error messages and debug information.

Returns

  • fn:function: compiled chunk as a function.
  • err:string: error message.

fn, err = loadchunk.file( pathname [, env] )

returns the compiled chunk as a function.

Parameters

  • pathname:string: pathname of chunk file.
  • env:table: chunk environment.

Returns

  • fn:function: compiled chunk as a function.
  • err:string: error message.