Lua 5.2 Reference Manual

by Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, Waldemar Celes

• 1 – Introduction
• 2 – Basic Concepts
  • 2.1 – Values and Types
  • 2.2 – Environments and the Global Environment
  • 2.3 – Error Handling
  • 2.4 – Metatables and Metamethods
  • 2.5 – Garbage Collection
  • 2.6 – Coroutines
• 3 – The Language
  • 3.1 – Lexical Conventions
  • 3.2 – Variables
  • 3.3 – Statements
  • 3.4 – Expressions
  • 3.5 – Visibility Rules
• 4 – The Application Program Interface
  • 4.1 – The Stack
  • 4.2 – Stack Size
  • 4.3 – Valid and Acceptable Indices
  • 4.4 – C Closures
  • 4.5 – Registry
  • 4.6 – Error Handling in C
  • 4.7 – Handling Yields in C
  • 4.8 – Functions and Types
  • 4.9 – The Debug Interface
• 5 – The Auxiliary Library
  • 5.1 – Functions and Types
• 6 – Standard Libraries
  • 6.1 – Basic Functions
  • 6.2 – Coroutine Manipulation
  • 6.3 – Modules
  • 6.4 – String Manipulation
  • 6.5 – Table Manipulation
  • 6.6 – Mathematical Functions
  • 6.7 – Bitwise Operations
  • 6.8 – Input and Output Facilities
  • 6.9 – Operating System Facilities
  • 6.10 – The Debug Library
• 7 – Lua Standalone
• 8 – Incompatibilities with the Previous Version
  • 8.1 – Changes in the Language
  • 8.2 – Changes in the Libraries
  • 8.3 – Changes in the API
• 9 – The Complete Syntax of Lua