Function loadline

3rd/lua-5.4.3/src/lua.c:544–554

** Read a line and try to load (compile) it first as an expression (by ** adding "return " in front of it) and second as a statement. Return ** the final status of load/call with the resulting function (if any) ** in the top of the stack. */

** in the top of the stack.
*/
static int loadline (lua_State *L) {
  int status;
  lua_settop(L, 0);
  if (!pushline(L, 1))
    return -1;  /* no input */
  if ((status = addreturn(L)) != LUA_OK)  /* 'return ...' did not work? */
    status = multiline(L);  /* try as command, maybe with continuation lines */
  lua_remove(L, 1);  /* remove line from the stack */
  lua_assert(lua_gettop(L) == 1);
  return status;
}


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