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author Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
date Wed, 20 Apr 2016 21:09:48 -0600
parents b620b8e1010f
children b21d82ee5756
files website/src/manual.html.luan
diffstat 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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diff -r b620b8e1010f -r 5042e487d717 website/src/manual.html.luan
--- a/website/src/manual.html.luan	Wed Apr 20 20:56:08 2016 -0600
+++ b/website/src/manual.html.luan	Wed Apr 20 21:09:48 2016 -0600
@@ -1892,6 +1892,22 @@
 
 
 
+<h4 heading><a name="Luan.eval" href="#Luan.eval"><code>Luan.eval (text [, source_name])</code></a></h4>
+
+<p>
+Evaluates <code>text</code> as a Luan expression.
+
+<p>
+Could be defined as:
+
+<pre>
+	function Luan.eval(text,source_name)
+		return Luan.load( "return "..text, source_name or "eval" )()
+	end
+</pre>
+
+
+
 <h4 heading><a name="Luan.get_metatable" href="#Luan.get_metatable"><code>Luan.get_metatable (table)</code></a></h4>
 
 <p>
@@ -1934,7 +1950,7 @@
 
 
 
-<h4 heading><a name="Luan.load" href="#Luan.load"><code>Luan.load (text, [source_name [env, [, allow_expression]]])</code></a></h4>
+<h4 heading><a name="Luan.load" href="#Luan.load"><code>Luan.load (text, source_name [, env])</code></a></h4>
 
 <p>
 Loads a chunk.
@@ -1951,9 +1967,6 @@
 <p>
 If the <code>env</code> parameter is supplied, it becomes the <code>_ENV</code> of the chunk.
 
-<p>
-If the <code>allow_expression</code> parameter is <code>true</code> then the entire text can be nothing more than an expression in which case the chunk returns the value of this expression.
-
 
 <h4 heading><a name="Luan.load_file" href="#Luan.load_file"><code>Luan.load_file ([file_uri])</code></a></h4>