LUA_TOTHREAD(3) Library Functions Manual LUA_TOTHREAD(3)

lua_tothreadconverts the value to a Lua thread, function indicator [-0, +0, -]

#include <lua.h>

lua_State *
lua_tothread(lua_State *L, int index);

() converts the value at the given acceptable index to a Lua thread (represented as lua_State *). This value must be a thread; otherwise, the function returns NULL.

Returns Lua thread represented as lua_State* and returns NULL when value is not a thread.

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

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

July 13, 2022 Debian