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diff --git a/src/luac/README b/src/luac/README index 8d8bb491..ada7bc4b 100644 --- a/src/luac/README +++ b/src/luac/README @@ -1,22 +1,18 @@ This is luac, the Lua compiler. There are man pages for it in both nroff and html in ../../doc. -luac translates Lua programs into binary files that can be loaded and executed -with lua_dofile in C or with dofile in Lua. +luac translates Lua programs into binary files that can be loaded latter. The main advantages of pre-compiling chunks are: faster loading, protecting source code from user changes, and off-line syntax error detection. luac can also be used to learn about the Lua virtual machine. -Here are the options that luac understands: - +Usage: /l/luac/luac [options] [filenames]. Available options are: - process stdin -l list - -o file output file (default is "luac.out") + -o name output to file `name' (default is "luac.out") -p parse only -s strip debug information - -t test code integrity -v show version information + -- stop handling options luac is also an example of how to use the internals of Lua (politely). -Finally, luac does not need the runtime code, and stubs.c makes sure it is not -linked into luac. This file also shows how to avoid linking the parser. |