Re: Parsing to byte code

["Matt Holmes" <kerion@...>]

Thanks for the response :)

My last question for a while (no, really, I promise) is: how stable is 4.1?
I don't mind building Templar around 4.1, as long as its semi-stable and the
API is not going to change drastically between now and 4.1 release.

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo" <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: Parsing to byte code


> >In my MUD engine, when a script file is loaded, I would like to
"pre-parse"
> >it to byte code, before the engine it self ever attempts to run it.
>
> With Lua 4.1, use lua_loadfile instead of lua_dofile.
> With Lua 4.0, write your scripts as "return function () XXX end", where
XXX
> is your original script, run dofile on this and get return value.
>
> If you want to save pre-compiled scripts, use dump in 4.1 (see
src/luac/dumplib).
> --lhf
>