NAME

lua_error — generates a Lua error, function indicator [-1, +0, v]

SYNOPSIS

#include <lua.h>

int
lua_error(lua_State *L);

DESCRIPTION

lua_error() generates a Lua error. The error message (which can actually be a Lua value of any type) must be on the stack top.

RETURN VALUES

This function does a long jump, and therefore never returns.

SEE ALSO

luaL_error(3)

Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, and Waldemar Celes, Lua 5.1 Reference Manual.

HISTORY

The luaL_error() manual page is based on Lua Reference Manual 5.1 and was created by Sergey Bronnikov.