load
Loads a chunk of Lua source code from a string or a "reader" function.
If there are no syntactic errors, returns the compiled chunk as a function; otherwise, returns nil plus the error message.
If chunk is a function, load calls it repeatedly to get the chunk pieces. Each call to chunk must return a string that concatenates with previous results. A return of an empty string, nil, or no value signals the end of the chunk.
load(chunk: string, chunkname: string, mode: string, env: table): function, string
Arguments
| Name | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| chunk | The chunk of Lua source code to load. | string |
| chunkname | The name to associate with the chunk, used for error messages and debug information. When absent, it defaults to chunk, if chunk is a string, or to "=(load)" otherwise. | string |
| mode | Controls whether the chunk can be text or binary (that is, a precompiled chunk). It may be the string "b" (only binary chunks), "t" (only text chunks), or "bt" (both binary and text). The default is "bt". | string |
| env | The environment to use for the chunk. Defaults to the current environment. | table |
Returns function, error: string