lua-loadchunk

Lua chunk loader module.

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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.