Lua Quick Start Guide

The debug.getinfo return value

No matter what the argument, the debug.getinfo function will return a table. This table will contain information about the function being inspected. When called with an integer, the return table will contain the following fields/variables:

• source: Where the function is defined. This will contain the name of the file that a function is defined in.
• short_src: A short textual version of the function, up to 60 characters.
• linedefined: The first line of the source file where the function was defined.
• lastlinedefined: The last line in the source file where the function was defined.
• what: If the function is a "Lua" or a "C" function, the appropriate string will be returned.
• name: Lua's best guess at the name of the ...