lua/README.md

Lua

5.4.7

Build Instructions

To build all targets run

zig build

Build Artifacts

Name	Artifact
"lua"	The main lua library
"lua_exe"	The lua interpreter
"luac"	The lua bytecode compiler

Compile Options

Name	Type	Description
release	bool	optimize for end users
shared	bool	build as shared library
use_readline	bool	readline support for linux

Using in a zig project

To add to a zig project run:

zig fetch --save https://github.com/allyourcodebase/lua/archive/refs/tags/5.4.7.tar.gz

then add the following to your build.zig

const lua_dep = b.dependency("lua", .{
    .target = target,
    .release = optimize != .Debug,
});
const lua_lib = lua_dep.artifact(if (target.result.os.tag == .windows) "lua54" else "lua");