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-.\" $Id$
-.TH LUAC 1 "$Date$"
-.SH NAME
-luac \- Lua compiler
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B luac
-[
-.I options
-] [
-.I filenames
-]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B luac
-is the Lua compiler.
-It translates programs written in the Lua programming language
-into binary files that can be later loaded and executed.
-.LP
-The main advantages of precompiling chunks are:
-faster loading,
-protecting source code from accidental user changes,
-and
-off-line syntax checking.
-.LP
-Pre-compiling does not imply faster execution
-because in Lua chunks are always compiled into bytecodes before being executed.
-.B luac
-simply allows those bytecodes to be saved in a file for later execution.
-.LP
-Pre-compiled chunks are not necessarily smaller than the corresponding source.
-The main goal in pre-compiling is faster loading.
-.LP
-The binary files created by
-.B luac
-are portable only among architectures with the same word size and byte order.
-.LP
-.B luac
-produces a single output file containing the bytecodes
-for all source files given.
-By default,
-the output file is named
-.BR luac.out ,
-but you can change this with the
-.B \-o
-option.
-.LP
-In the command line,
-you can mix
-text files containing Lua source and
-binary files containing precompiled chunks.
-This is useful to combine several precompiled chunks,
-even from different (but compatible) platforms,
-into a single precompiled chunk.
-.LP
-You can use
-.B "'\-'"
-to indicate the standard input as a source file
-and
-.B "'\--'"
-to signal the end of options
-(that is,
-all remaining arguments will be treated as files even if they start with
-.BR "'\-'" ).
-.LP
-The internal format of the binary files produced by
-.B luac
-is likely to change when a new version of Lua is released.
-So,
-save the source files of all Lua programs that you precompile.
-.LP
-.SH OPTIONS
-Options must be separate.
-.TP
-.B \-l
-produce a listing of the compiled bytecode for Lua's virtual machine.
-Listing bytecodes is useful to learn about Lua's virtual machine.
-If no files are given, then
-.B luac
-loads
-.B luac.out
-and lists its contents.
-.TP
-.BI \-o " file"
-output to
-.IR file ,
-instead of the default
-.BR luac.out .
-(You can use
-.B "'\-'"
-for standard output,
-but not on platforms that open standard output in text mode.)
-The output file may be a source file because
-all files are loaded before the output file is written.
-Be careful not to overwrite precious files.
-.TP
-.B \-p
-load files but do not generate any output file.
-Used mainly for syntax checking and for testing precompiled chunks:
-corrupted files will probably generate errors when loaded.
-Lua always performs a thorough integrity test on precompiled chunks.
-Bytecode that passes this test is completely safe,
-in the sense that it will not break the interpreter.
-However,
-there is no guarantee that such code does anything sensible.
-(None can be given, because the halting problem is unsolvable.)
-If no files are given, then
-.B luac
-loads
-.B luac.out
-and tests its contents.
-No messages are displayed if the file passes the integrity test.
-.TP
-.B \-s
-strip debug information before writing the output file.
-This saves some space in very large chunks,
-but if errors occur when running a stripped chunk,
-then the error messages may not contain the full information they usually do.
-For instance,
-line numbers and names of local variables are lost.
-.TP
-.B \-v
-show version information.
-.SH FILES
-.TP 15
-.B luac.out
-default output file
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR lua (1)
-.br
-http://www.lua.org/
-.SH DIAGNOSTICS
-Error messages should be self explanatory.
-.SH AUTHORS
-L. H. de Figueiredo,
-R. Ierusalimschy and
-W. Celes
-.\" EOF