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About Lua

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Introduction

Values and Types

Error Handling

Metatables and Metamethods

Garbage Collection

Coroutines

The Language

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Variables

Statements

Expressions

Visibility Rules

The Application Program Interface

Introduction

The Stack

C Closures

Registry

Error Handling in C

Handling Yields in C

Functions and Types

The Debug Interface

The Auxiliary Library

Introduction

Functions and Types

The Standard Libraries

Introduction

Basic Functions

Coroutine Manipulation

Modules

String Manipulation

UTF-8 Support

Table Manipulation

Mathematical Functions

Input and Output Facilities

Operating System Facilities

The Debug Library

Lua Standalone

Incompatibilities with the Previous Version

Introduction

Incompatibilities in the Language

Incompatibilities in the Libraries

Incompatibilities in the API

The Complete Syntax of Lua

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