lua_CFunction typedef int (*lua_CFunction) (lua_State *L); Type for C functions. In order to communicate properly with Lua

pcall (f [, arg1, ···]) Calls function f with the given arguments in protected mode. This means that any error inside f is not propagated; instead

string.dump (function [, strip]) Returns a string containing a binary representation (a binary chunk) of the given function, so that a later

lua_newtable[-0, +1, m] void lua_newtable (lua_State *L); Creates a new empty table and pushes

io.popen (prog [, mode]) This function is system dependent and is not available on all platforms. Starts program prog in a separated process and returns

string.rep (s, n [, sep])nssepsepn (Note that it is very easy to exhaust the memory of your machine with a single

math.maxinteger

lua_Unsigned typedef ... lua_Unsigned; The unsigned version of

_VERSION A global variable (not a function) that holds a string containing the running Lua version. The current value of this variable is "Lua 5.3".

lua_pushvfstring[-0, +1, m] const char *lua_pushvfstring (lua_State *L, const