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> Functions in Lua are values stored in variables; in particular functions do not have names

Tracebacks can sometimes determine, or guess, function names. I think
I never saw a description in english of the algorithm that is used for
that, though...

On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Dibyendu Majumdar
<mobile@majumdar.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am working on a document that will describe the main features of Lua
> in a concise manner. It is the document I wish I had when I started to
> first learn about Lua.
>
> Here is a early version - it is very incomplete. Feedback welcome!
>
> http://the-ravi-programming-language.readthedocs.io/en/latest/lua-introduction.html
>
> Regards
> Dibyendu
>