commit 09def5da4440a5a91c2721f495bd9c3df1081874
parent 6b71a9cfe53040aa605f5d75c58a2124d03f8912
Author: Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:33:33 -0200
small corrections
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/manual.tex b/manual.tex
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-% $Id: manual.tex,v 1.47 2000/11/14 18:46:09 roberto Exp roberto $
+% $Id: manual.tex,v 1.47 2000/12/28 17:25:45 roberto Exp roberto $
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{fullpage}
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Waldemar Celes
\tecgraf\ --- Computer Science Department --- PUC-Rio
}
-\date{{\small \tt\$Date: 2000/11/14 18:46:09 $ $}}
+\date{{\small \tt\$Date: 2000/12/28 17:25:45 $ $}}
\maketitle
@@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ and load it accordingly (see program \IndexVerb{luac}).
\verb|lua_dostring| executes only source code,
given in textual form.
-The third parameter to \verb|lua_dobuffer|
+The fourth parameter to \verb|lua_dobuffer|
is the ``name of the chunk'',
which is used in error messages and debug information.
If \verb|name| is \verb|NULL|,
@@ -2170,7 +2170,7 @@ Here it is in~C:
lua_pop(L, 1); /* remove `t' from the stack */
\end{verbatim}
Notice that the code above is ``balanced'':
-at its end ,the stack is back to its original configuration.
+at its end, the stack is back to its original configuration.
This is considered good programming practice.
\medskip
@@ -2317,7 +2317,9 @@ thus creating a \IndexEmph{C~closure};
these values are passed to the function whenever it is called,
as ordinary arguments.
To associate upvalues to a C~function,
-first these values should be pushed onto the stack.
+first these values should be pushed onto the stack
+(when there are multiple upvalues,
+the first upvalue is pushed first).
Then the function
\begin{verbatim}
void lua_pushcclosure (lua_State *L, lua_CFunction fn, int n);
@@ -2634,7 +2636,8 @@ the table during the traversal.
\subsubsection*{\ff \T{print (e1, e2, ...)}}\DefLIB{print}
Receives any number of arguments,
-and prints their values using the strings returned by \verb|tostring|.
+and prints their values in \verb|stdout|,
+using the strings returned by \verb|tostring|.
This function is not intended for formatted output,
but only as a quick way to show a value,
for instance for debugging.
@@ -3311,7 +3314,7 @@ or \nil\ on end of file.
\subsubsection*{\ff \T{write ([filehandle, ] value1, ...)}}\DefLIB{write}
Writes the value of each of its arguments to
-file \verb|_OUTPUT|,
+filehandle \verb|_OUTPUT|,
or to \verb|filehandle| if this argument is given.
The arguments must be strings or numbers.
To write other values,