Function luaB_unpack

lua/lbaselib.c:350–363

static int luaB_unpack (lua_State *L) {
  int i, e, n;
  luaL_checktype(L, 1, LUA_TTABLE);
  i = luaL_optint(L, 2, 1);
  e = luaL_opt(L, luaL_checkint, 3, luaL_getn(L, 1));
  if (i > e) return 0;  /* empty range */
  n = e - i + 1;  /* number of elements */
  if (n <= 0 || !lua_checkstack(L, n))  /* n <= 0 means arith. overflow */
    return luaL_error(L, "too many results to unpack");
  lua_rawgeti(L, 1, i);  /* push arg[i] (avoiding overflow problems) */
  while (i++ < e)  /* push arg[i + 1...e] */
    lua_rawgeti(L, 1, i);
  return n;
}


static int luaB_select (lua_State *L) {