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sys mlua-sys

Low level (FFI) bindings to Lua 5.4/5.3/5.2/5.1 (including LuaJIT) and Luau

by Alex Orlenko and 41 contributors

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Low level bindings to Lua 5.4/5.3/5.2/5.1 (including LuaJIT) and Luau.

mlua-sys

Low level (FFI) bindings to Lua 5.4/5.3/5.2/5.1 (including LuaJIT) and Luau.

Intended to be consumed by the mlua crate.

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