5.1 – Functions and Types
Here we list all functions and types from the auxiliary library in alphabetical order.
luaL_dofile[-0, +?, e] int luaL_dofile (lua_State *L, const char *filename); Loads and runs the
luaL_newstate[-0, +0, –] lua_State *luaL_newstate (void); Creates a new Lua state. It calls
luaL_ref[-1, +0, m] int luaL_ref (lua_State *L, int t); Creates and returns a reference
luaL_execresult[-0, +3, m] int luaL_execresult (lua_State *L, int stat); This function produces
luaL_getmetatable[-0, +1, m] int luaL_getmetatable (lua_State *L, const char *tname); Pushes onto
luaL_checkudata[-0, +0, v] void *luaL_checkudata (lua_State *L, int arg, const char *tname); Checks
luaL_pushresultsize[-?, +1, m] void luaL_pushresultsize (luaL_Buffer *B, size_t sz); Equivalent
luaL_checkversion[-0, +0, v] void luaL_checkversion (lua_State *L); Checks whether the core running
luaL_len[-0, +0, e] lua_Integer luaL_len (lua_State *L, int index); Returns the "length" of the
luaL_optinteger[-0, +0, v] lua_Integer luaL_optinteger (lua_State *L, int arg
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