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+ <li><a href="../classes/pl.Set.html">pl.Set</a></li>
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+<h2>Manual</h2>
+<ul class="nowrap">
+ <li><a href="../manual/01-introduction.md.html">Introduction</a></li>
+ <li><a href="../manual/02-arrays.md.html">Tables and Arrays</a></li>
+ <li><a href="../manual/03-strings.md.html">Strings. Higher-level operations on strings.</a></li>
+ <li><a href="../manual/04-paths.md.html">Paths and Directories</a></li>
+ <li><a href="../manual/05-dates.md.html">Date and Time</a></li>
+ <li><a href="../manual/06-data.md.html">Data</a></li>
+ <li><a href="../manual/07-functional.md.html">Functional Programming</a></li>
+ <li><a href="../manual/08-additional.md.html">Additional Libraries</a></li>
+ <li><a href="../manual/09-discussion.md.html">Technical Choices</a></li>
+</ul>
+<h2>Examples</h2>
+<ul class="nowrap">
+ <li><a href="../examples/seesubst.lua.html">seesubst.lua</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="../examples/which.lua.html">which.lua</a></li>
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+<div id="content">
+
+<h1>Module <code>pl.compat</code></h1>
+<p>Lua 5.1/5.2/5.3 compatibility.</p>
+<p> Injects <a href="../libraries/pl.compat.html#table.pack">table.pack</a>, <a href="../libraries/pl.compat.html#table.unpack">table.unpack</a>, and <a href="../libraries/pl.compat.html#package.searchpath">package.searchpath</a> in the global
+ environment, to make sure they are available for Lua 5.1 and LuaJIT.</p>
+
+<p> All other functions are exported as usual in the returned module table.</p>
+
+<p> NOTE: everything in this module is also available in <a href="../libraries/pl.utils.html#">pl.utils</a>.</p>
+
+
+<h2><a href="#Functions">Functions</a></h2>
+<table class="function_list">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#execute">execute (cmd)</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">execute a shell command, in a compatible and platform independent way.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#load">load (ld[, source[, mode[, env]]])</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">Load Lua code as a text or binary chunk (in a Lua 5.2 compatible way).</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#getfenv">getfenv (f)</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">Get environment of a function (in a Lua 5.1 compatible way).</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#setfenv">setfenv (f, env)</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">Set environment of a function (in a Lua 5.1 compatible way).</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<h2><a href="#Fields">Fields</a></h2>
+<table class="function_list">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#lua51">lua51</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">boolean flag this is Lua 5.1 (or LuaJIT).</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#jit">jit</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">boolean flag this is LuaJIT.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#jit52">jit52</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">boolean flag this is LuaJIT with 5.2 compatibility compiled in.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#dir_separator">dir_separator</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">the directory separator character for the current platform.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#is_windows">is_windows</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">boolean flag this is a Windows platform.</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<h2><a href="#Global_exported_functions__for_Lua_5_1___LuaJIT_">Global exported functions (for Lua 5.1 & LuaJIT) </a></h2>
+<table class="function_list">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#table.pack">table.pack (...)</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">pack an argument list into a table.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#table.unpack">table.unpack (t[, i[, t]])</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">unpack a table and return the elements.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#package.searchpath">package.searchpath (name, path[, sep[, rep]])</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">return the full path where a file name would be matched.</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<h2><a href="#Global_exported_functions__for_Lua___5_4_">Global exported functions (for Lua < 5.4) </a></h2>
+<table class="function_list">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#warn">warn (...)</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">raise a warning message.</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+
+ <h2 class="section-header "><a name="Functions"></a>Functions</h2>
+
+ <dl class="function">
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "execute"></a>
+ <strong>execute (cmd)</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ execute a shell command, in a compatible and platform independent way.
+ This is a compatibility function that returns the same for Lua 5.1 and
+ Lua 5.2+.</p>
+
+<p> NOTE: Windows systems can use signed 32bit integer exitcodes. Posix systems
+ only use exitcodes 0-255, anything else is undefined.</p>
+
+<p> NOTE2: In Lua 5.2 and 5.3 a Windows exitcode of -1 would not properly be
+ returned, this function will return it properly for all versions.
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">cmd</span>
+ a shell command
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Returns:</h3>
+ <ol>
+ <li>
+ true if successful</li>
+ <li>
+ actual return code</li>
+ </ol>
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "load"></a>
+ <strong>load (ld[, source[, mode[, env]]])</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ Load Lua code as a text or binary chunk (in a Lua 5.2 compatible way).
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">ld</span>
+ code string or loader
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">source</span>
+ name of chunk for errors
+ (<em>optional</em>)
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">mode</span>
+ 'b', 't' or 'bt'
+ (<em>optional</em>)
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">env</span>
+ environment to load the chunk in
+ (<em>optional</em>)
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "getfenv"></a>
+ <strong>getfenv (f)</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ Get environment of a function (in a Lua 5.1 compatible way).
+ Not 100% compatible, so with Lua 5.2 it may return nil for a function with no
+ global references!
+ Based on code by <a href="http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2010-06/msg00313.html">Sergey Rozhenko</a>
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">f</span>
+ a function or a call stack reference
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "setfenv"></a>
+ <strong>setfenv (f, env)</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ Set environment of a function (in a Lua 5.1 compatible way).
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">f</span>
+ a function or a call stack reference
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">env</span>
+ a table that becomes the new environment of <code>f</code>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+</dl>
+ <h2 class="section-header "><a name="Fields"></a>Fields</h2>
+
+ <dl class="function">
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "lua51"></a>
+ <strong>lua51</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ boolean flag this is Lua 5.1 (or LuaJIT).
+
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">lua51</span>
+
+
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "jit"></a>
+ <strong>jit</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ boolean flag this is LuaJIT.
+
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">jit</span>
+
+
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "jit52"></a>
+ <strong>jit52</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ boolean flag this is LuaJIT with 5.2 compatibility compiled in.
+
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">jit52</span>
+
+
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "dir_separator"></a>
+ <strong>dir_separator</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ the directory separator character for the current platform.
+
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">dir_separator</span>
+
+
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "is_windows"></a>
+ <strong>is_windows</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ boolean flag this is a Windows platform.
+
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">is_windows</span>
+
+
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+</dl>
+ <h2 class="section-header "><a name="Global_exported_functions__for_Lua_5_1___LuaJIT_"></a>Global exported functions (for Lua 5.1 & LuaJIT) </h2>
+
+ <dl class="function">
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "table.pack"></a>
+ <strong>table.pack (...)</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ pack an argument list into a table.
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">...</span>
+ any arguments
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Returns:</h3>
+ <ol>
+
+ a table with field n set to the length
+ </ol>
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "table.unpack"></a>
+ <strong>table.unpack (t[, i[, t]])</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ unpack a table and return the elements. </p>
+
+<p> NOTE: this version does NOT honor the n field, and hence it is not nil-safe.
+ See <a href="../libraries/pl.utils.html#unpack">utils.unpack</a> for a version that is nil-safe.
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">t</span>
+ index of the last element to unpack, defaults to #t
+ (<em>optional</em>)
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">i</span>
+ index from which to start unpacking, defaults to 1
+ (<em>optional</em>)
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">t</span>
+ index of the last element to unpack, defaults to #t
+ (<em>optional</em>)
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Returns:</h3>
+ <ol>
+
+ multiple return values from the table
+ </ol>
+
+
+ <h3>See also:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <a href="../libraries/pl.utils.html#unpack">utils.unpack</a>
+ </ul>
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "package.searchpath"></a>
+ <strong>package.searchpath (name, path[, sep[, rep]])</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ return the full path where a file name would be matched.
+ This function was introduced in Lua 5.2, so this compatibility version
+ will be injected in Lua 5.1 engines.
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">name</span>
+ <span class="types"><a class="type" href="https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4">string</a></span>
+ file name, possibly dotted
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">path</span>
+ <span class="types"><a class="type" href="https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4">string</a></span>
+ a path-template in the same form as package.path or package.cpath
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">sep</span>
+ <span class="types"><a class="type" href="https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4">string</a></span>
+ template separate character to be replaced by path separator. Default: "."
+ (<em>optional</em>)
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">rep</span>
+ <span class="types"><a class="type" href="https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4">string</a></span>
+ the path separator to use, defaults to system separator. Default; "/" on Unixes, "\" on Windows.
+ (<em>optional</em>)
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Returns:</h3>
+ <ol>
+ <li>
+ on success: path of the file</li>
+ <li>
+ on failure: nil, error string listing paths tried</li>
+ </ol>
+
+
+ <h3>See also:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <a href="../libraries/pl.path.html#package_path">path.package_path</a>
+ </ul>
+
+
+</dd>
+</dl>
+ <h2 class="section-header "><a name="Global_exported_functions__for_Lua___5_4_"></a>Global exported functions (for Lua < 5.4) </h2>
+
+ <dl class="function">
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "warn"></a>
+ <strong>warn (...)</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ raise a warning message.
+ This functions mimics the <a href="../libraries/pl.compat.html#warn">warn</a> function added in Lua 5.4.
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">...</span>
+ any arguments
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+</dl>
+
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