a string describing
the event that triggered its call: `"call"`, `"return"` (or
`"tail return"`), `"line"`, and `"count"`. For line events, the hook also
gets the new line number as its second parameter. Inside a hook, you
can call `getinfo` with level 2 to get more information about the
running function (level 0 is the `getinfo` function, and level 1 is
the hook function), unless the event is `"tail return"`. In this case,
Lua is only simulating the return, and a call to `getinfo` will return
invalid data.
debug.setlocal([{thread},] {level}, {local}, {value}) *debug.setlocal()*
This function assigns the value {value} to the local variable with
index {local} of the function at level {level} of the stack. The
function returns `nil` if there is no local variable with the given
index, and raises an error when called with a {level} out of range.
(You can call `getinfo` to check whether the level is valid.)
Otherwise, it returns the name of the local variable.
debug.setmetatable({object}, {table}) *debug.setmetatable()*
Sets the metatable for the given {object} to the given {table} (which
can be `nil`).
debug.setupvalue({func}, {up}, {value}) *debug.setupvalue()*
This function assigns the value {value} to the upvalue with index {up}
of the function {func}. The function returns `nil` if there is no
upvalue with the given index. Otherwise, it returns the name of the
upvalue.
debug.traceback([{thread},] [{message} [,{level}]]) *debug.traceback()*
Returns a string with a traceback of the call stack. An optional
{message} string is appended at the beginning of the traceback. An
optional {level} number tells at which level to start the traceback
(default is 1, the function calling `traceback`).
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY *lua-ref-bibliography*
This help file is a minor adaptation from this main reference:
- R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, and W. Celes.,
"Lua: 5.1 reference manual", https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html
Lua is discussed in these references:
- R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, and W. Celes.,
"Lua --- an extensible extension language".
"Software: Practice & Experience" 26, 6 (1996) 635-652.
- L. H. de Figueiredo, R. Ierusalimschy, and W. Celes.,