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-.\" luac.man,v 1.17 1999/07/07 16:02:07 lhf Exp
-.TH LUAC 1 "1999/07/07 16:02:07"
-.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 loaded and executed with
-.B lua_dofile
-in C or with
-.B dofile
-in Lua.
-.LP
-The main advantages of pre-compiling chunks are:
-faster loading,
-protecting source code from user changes,
-and
-off-line syntax error detection.
-The binary files created by
-.B luac
-are portable to all architectures.
-.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
-.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
-You can use
-.B "\-"
-to indicate
-.I stdin
-as a source file.
-.LP
-.B luac
-can also load and list binary files with the
-.B \-u
-option.
-.LP
-Binary files produced by differents runs of
-.B luac
-(even in different machines)
-can be combined into one large file,
-using 
-.BR cat (1).
-The result is still a valid binary file
-and can be loaded with a single call to
-.B lua_dofile
-or 
-.BR dofile .
-.LP
-The internal format of the binary files produced by
-.B luac
-may change when a new version of Lua is released.
-We try to maintain compatibility even for binary files,
-but sometimes it cannot be done.
-So,
-save the source files of all Lua programs that you precompile.
-.LP
-.SH OPTIONS
-Options must be separate.
-.TP
-.B \-c
-compile (this is the default).
-.TP
-.B \-u
-undump, i.e., load and list the given binary files.
-If no files are given, then luac undumps
-.BR luac.out .
-Listing a binary file is useful to learn Lua's virtual machine.
-Listing is also useful to test the integrity of binary files:
-corrupted files will probably generate errors when undumped.
-To test without listing, use
-.BR \-q .
-For a thourough integrity test,
-use
-.BR \-t .
-.TP
-.B \-d
-turn debugging on.
-Individual chunks may
-still control the generation of debug information with
-$debug and $nodebug.
-If debugging is on, then listings show the names of the local variables.
-.TP
-.BI \-D " name"
-predefine symbol
-.I name
-for conditional compilation.
-By default,
-.B luac
-does
-.I not
-predefine any symbols,
-not even the built-in functions.
-.TP
-.B \-l
-produce a listing of the compiled bytecode for Lua's virtual machine.
-This is the default when undumping.
-.TP
-.B \-n
-Save numbers in native format.
-By default,
-numbers are saved in text form,
-for maximum portability.
-Binary files with numbers in native format are slightly faster to load,
-but are not completely portable.
-.TP
-.BI \-o " filename"
-output to
-.IR filename ,
-instead of the default
-.BR luac.out .
-The output file cannot be a source file.
-.TP
-.B \-O
-optimize.
-Debug information is removed
-and
-duplicate constants are coalesced.
-.TP
-.B \-p
-parse sources files but do not generate any output file.
-Used mainly for syntax checking.
-.TP
-.B \-q
-quiet; produces no listing.
-This is the default when compiling.
-.TP
-.B \-t
-perform a thourough integrity test when undumping.
-Code 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.)
-.TP
-.BI \-U " name"
-undefine symbol
-.I name
-for conditional compilation.
-.TP
-.B \-v
-print version information.
-.TP
-.B \-V
-verbose;
-print the names of the source files as they are processed.
-.SH FILES
-.TP 15
-.B luac.out
-default output file
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR lua (1)
-.br
-.I "Reference Manual of the Programming Language Lua"
-.br
-http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/lua/
-.br
-"Lua: an extensible extension language",
-.I Software: Practice & Experience
-.B 26
-#6 (1996) 635-652.
-.SH DIAGNOSTICS
-Error messages should be self explanatory.
-.SH AUTHORS
-L. H. de Figueiredo,
-R. Ierusalimschy and
-W. Celes
-.I (lua@tecgraf.puc-rio.br)
-.\" EOF