Option '-l g=mod' added to the manual
Plus some other improvements in the manual.
diff --git a/manual/manual.of b/manual/manual.of
index ade47b2..10c16bd 100644
--- a/manual/manual.of
+++ b/manual/manual.of
@@ -1423,9 +1423,6 @@
where a label with the same name is visible,
even if this other label has been declared in an enclosing block.
-Labels and empty statements are called @def{void statements},
-as they perform no actions.
-
The @Rw{break} statement terminates the execution of a
@Rw{while}, @Rw{repeat}, or @Rw{for} loop,
skipping to the next statement after the loop:
@@ -2361,6 +2358,7 @@
The scope of a local variable begins at the first statement after
its declaration and lasts until the last non-void statement
of the innermost block that includes the declaration.
+(@emph{Void statements} are labels and empty statements.)
Consider the following example:
@verbatim{
x = 10 -- global variable
@@ -3165,8 +3163,7 @@
A @idx{__close} metamethod cannot yield
when called through this function.
-(Exceptionally, this function was introduced in release 5.4.3.
-It is not present in previous 5.4 releases.)
+(This function was introduced in @N{release 5.4.3}.)
}
@@ -3713,7 +3710,7 @@
and pushes a key@En{}value pair from the table at the given index,
the @Q{next} pair after the given key.
If there are no more elements in the table,
-then @Lid{lua_next} returns 0 and pushes nothing.
+then @Lid{lua_next} @N{returns 0} and pushes nothing.
A typical table traversal looks like this:
@verbatim{
@@ -5539,8 +5536,8 @@
@verbatim{
(luaL_loadfile(L, filename) || lua_pcall(L, 0, LUA_MULTRET, 0))
}
-It returns @Lid{LUA_OK} if there are no errors,
-or an error code in case of errors @see{statuscodes}.
+It @N{returns 0} (@Lid{LUA_OK}) if there are no errors,
+or 1 in case of errors.
}
@@ -5552,8 +5549,8 @@
@verbatim{
(luaL_loadstring(L, str) || lua_pcall(L, 0, LUA_MULTRET, 0))
}
-It returns @Lid{LUA_OK} if there are no errors,
-or an error code in case of errors @see{statuscodes}.
+It @N{returns 0} (@Lid{LUA_OK}) if there are no errors,
+or 1 in case of errors.
}
@@ -8577,7 +8574,7 @@
The default value for @id{code} is @true.
If the optional second argument @id{close} is true,
-closes the Lua state before exiting.
+the function closes the Lua state before exiting @seeF{lua_close}.
}
@@ -8985,12 +8982,16 @@
@item{@T{-i}| enter interactive mode after running @rep{script};}
@item{@T{-l @rep{mod}}| @Q{require} @rep{mod} and assign the
result to global @rep{mod};}
+@item{@T{-l @rep{g=mod}}| @Q{require} @rep{mod} and assign the
+ result to global @rep{g};}
@item{@T{-v}| print version information;}
@item{@T{-E}| ignore environment variables;}
@item{@T{-W}| turn warnings on;}
@item{@T{--}| stop handling options;}
@item{@T{-}| execute @id{stdin} as a file and stop handling options.}
}
+(The form @T{-l @rep{g=mod}} was introduced in @N{release 5.4.4}.)
+
After handling its options, @id{lua} runs the given @emph{script}.
When called without arguments,
@id{lua} behaves as @T{lua -v -i}
