Documents about Lua 5.3 bytecode

Question

I'm attempting to write a Lua 5.3 VM in another language (this is for experimentations only).

The resources I've found for the moment are :

As Lua breaks compatibility between each version, it's really difficult to find out how 5.3 bytecode works.

Do you have another source to share please ?

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1480678/luas-bytecode-specification. — lhf, Dec 23 '16 at 18:33
At least [8 SO users](https://stackoverflow.com/documentation/lua/topic-requests/4551) are wanting Lua bytecode reference manual — Egor Skriptunoff, Dec 23 '16 at 18:42

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '16 at 18:34

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The official definition of the instructions of the Lua VM is in lopcodes.h, starting at OP_MOVE.

answered Dec 23 '16 at 18:34

lhf

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See also [Lua 5.3 bytecode reference updated](http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2016-12/msg00062.html). – lhf Dec 23 '16 at 18:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 16 '18 at 09:19

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There's also the Lua 5.3 Bytecode Reference provided by the documentation for the Ravi language
(a language that uses a modified Lua 5.3 VM).

That can be found here

answered Oct 16 '18 at 09:19

Pharap

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