Lua 文章

Lua 是個輕小的指令檔語言 (Scripting Language)，由於巴西在 1977 ~ 1992 年對電腦軟硬體進行嚴格的貿易管制，買不到只好自己開發，Pontifical Catholic 大學的大型實驗室 Tecgraf 在前身 DEL、SOL 發展後而誕生。特性

• 容易和 C/C++ 間互相呼叫，擴充性極高
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Part I · The Language
1. Getting Started (Hello World)
   • 1.1 Chunks
   • 1.2 Some Lexical Conventions (識別字、註解)
   • 1.3 Global Variables
   • 1.4 The Stand-Alone Interpreter
2. Types and Values
   • 2.1 Nil
   • 2.2 Booleans
   • 2.3 Numbers
   • 2.4 Strings
   • 2.5 Tables
   • 2.6 Functions
   • 2.7 Userdata and Threads
3. Expressions
   • 3.1 Arithmetic Operators
   • 3.2 Relational Operators
   • 3.3 Logical Operators
   • 3.4 Concatenation
   • 3.5 Precedence
   • 3.6 Table Constructors
4. Statements
   • 4.1 Assignment (多值指定)
   • 4.2 Local Variables and Blocks
   • 4.3 Control Structures
     • 4.3.1 if then else
     • 4.3.2 while
     • 4.3.3 repeat
     • 4.3.4 Numeric for
     • 4.3.5 Generic for
   • 4.4 break and return
5. Functions
   • 5.1 Multiple Results
   • 5.2 Variable Number of Arguments
   • 5.3 Named Arguments
6. More about Functions
   • 6.1 Closures
   • 6.2 Non-Global Functions
   • 6.3 Proper Tail Calls
7. Iterators and the Generic for
   • 7.1 Iterators and Closures
   • 7.2 The Semantics of the Generic for
   • 7.3 Stateless Iterators
   • 7.4 Iterators with Complex State
   • 7.5 True Iterators
8. Compilation, Execution, and Errors
   • 8.1 The require Function
   • 8.2 C Code
   • 8.3 Errors
   • 8.4 Error Handling and Exceptions
   • 8.5 Error Messages and Tracebacks
9. Coroutines
   • 9.1 Coroutine Basics
   • 9.2 Pipes and Filters
   • 9.3 Coroutines as Iterators
   • 9.4 Non-Preemptive Multithreading
10. Complete Examples
    • 10.1 Data Description
    • 10.2 Markov Chain Algorithm
Part II · Tables and Objects
11. Data Structures
    • 11.1 Arrays
    • 11.2 Matrices and Multi-Dimensional Arrays
    • 11.3 Linked Lists
    • 11.4 Queues and Double Queues
    • 11.5 Sets and Bags
    • 11.6 String Buffers
    • 11.7 Graphs
12. Data Files and Persistence
    • 12.1 Data Files
    • 12.2  Serialization
      • 12.2.1 Saving Tables without Cycles
      • 12.2.2 Saving Tables with Cycles
13. Metatables and Metamethods
    • 13.1 Arithmetic Metamethods
    • 13.2 Relational Metamethods
    • 13.3 Library-Defined Metamethods
    • 13.4 Table-Access Metamethods
      • 13.4.1 The __index Metamethod
      • 13.4.2 The __newindex Metamethod
      • 13.4.3 Tables with Default Values
      • 13.4.4 Tracking Table Accesses
      • 13.4.5 Read-Only Tables
14. The Environment
    • 14.1 Accessing Global Variables with Dynamic Names
    • 14.2 Declaring Global Variables
    • 14.3 Non-Global Environments
15. Packages
    • 15.1 The require Function
    • 15.2 The Basic Approach for Writing Modules
    • 15.2 Privacy
    • 15.3 Packages and Files
    • 15.4 Using the Global Table
    • 15.5 Other Facilities
    • Using Environments
    • The module Function
    • Submodules and Packages
16. Object-Oriented Programming
    • 16.1 Classes
    • 16.2 Inheritance
    • 16.3 Multiple Inheritance
    • 16.4 Privacy
    • 16.5 The Single-Method Approach
17. Weak Tables
    • 17.1 Memoize Functions
    • 17.2 Object Attributes
    • 17.3 Revisiting Tables with Default Values
Part III · The Standard Libraries
18. The Mathematical Library
19. The Table Library
    • 19.1 – Array Size
    • 19.2 – Insert and Remove
    • 19.3 – Sort
    • Concatenation
20. The String Library
    • Basic String Functions
    • 20.1 Pattern-Matching Functions
    • 20.2 Patterns
    • 20.3 Captures
    • Replacements
    • 20.4 Tricks of the Trade
21. The I/O Library
    • 21.1 The Simple I/O Model
    • 21.2 The Complete I/O Model
      • 21.2.1 A Small Performance Trick
      • 21.2.2 Binary Files
    • 21.3 Other Operations on Files
22. The Operating System Library
    • 22.1 Date and Time
    • 22.2 Other System Calls
23. The Debug Library
    • 23.1 Introspective Facilities
      • 23.1.1 Accessing Local Variables
      • 23.1.2 Accessing Upvalues
    • 23.2 Hooks
    • 23.3 Profiles
Part IV · The C API
24. An Overview of the C API
    • 24.1 A First Example
    • 24.2 The Stack
      • 24.2.1 Pushing Elements
      • 24.2.2 Querying Elements
      • 24.2.3 Other Stack Operations
    • 24.3 Error Handling with the C API
      • 24.3.1 Error Handling in Application Code
      • 24.3.2 Error Handling in Library Code
25. Extending your Application
    • The Basics
    • 25.1 Table Manipulation
    • 25.2 Calling Lua Functions
    • 25.3 A Generic Call Function
26. Calling C from Lua
    • 26.1 C Functions
    • 26.2 C Libraries
27. Techniques for Writing C Functions
    • 27.1 Array Manipulation
    • 27.2 String Manipulation
    • 27.3 Storing State in C Functions
      • 27.3.1 The Registry
      • 27.3.2 References
      • 27.3.3 Upvalues
28. User-Defined Types in C
    • 28.1 Userdata
    • 28.2 Metatables
    • 28.3 Object-Oriented Access
    • 28.4 Array Access
    • 28.5 Light Userdata
29. Managing Resources
    • 29.1 A Directory Iterator
    • 29.2 An XML Parser
30. Threads and States
    • 30.1 Multiple Threads
    • 30.2 Lua States
31. Memory Management
    • 31.1 The Allocation Function
    • 31.2 The Garbage Collector

其它

• 簡介：http://programmermagazine.github.io/201402/htm/people1.html
• 應用程式
• 課程
• http://yhhuang1966.blogspot.com/2015/07/lua_14.html
• https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-books-learn-lua/ (免費電子書)
• Programming in Lua
• https://michaelchen.tech/review/programming-in-lua-4th-edition/ 
• https://sites.google.com/a/kimicat.com/www/lua教學
• Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
• https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki (桌面系統監控內建 Lua 支援)
• CirnOS (在 Raspberry Pi 專門提供 Lua 執行環境的作業系統)