Lua 5.3 max variable name length

Asked Mar 06 '17 at 01:21

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I'm doing a report about Lua 5.3 for the college and have a topic where I need talk about variable names. I already consulted the documentation, but the info that I need isn't there.

What I want to know is how many characters a variable name can have in Lua 5.3? Exists some max limit or the size does not matter to the interpreter?

edited Mar 06 '17 at 08:02

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asked Mar 06 '17 at 01:21

Júlio César

AFAIK. the length of variable name is unlimited, – zzn Mar 06 '17 at 01:47
Thanks for the answer!!! – Júlio César Mar 06 '17 at 02:16
There is no such a thing as a maximum variable name in Lua 5.3. Variables are indexes on a table, and those indexes are zero terminated C strings, that in theory have no limit on their sizes. – Luiz Menezes Mar 06 '17 at 20:17

Lua 5.3 max variable name length

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