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Hmm, that's strange, here's the link: http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2008-01/msg00650.html
and the very first sentence:
I just wrote a TRY..CATCH extension for Lua, and adapted it into version 5.1.3
so, maybe pcall will work?
pcall (f, arg1, ···)
Calls the function f with the given arguments in protected mode. This means that if any error occurs inside the function f, it will not be passed further; instead, pcall intercepts the error and returns a status.
and the very first sentence:
I just wrote a TRY..CATCH extension for Lua, and adapted it into version 5.1.3
so, maybe pcall will work?
pcall (f, arg1, ···)
Calls the function f with the given arguments in protected mode. This means that if any error occurs inside the function f, it will not be passed further; instead, pcall intercepts the error and returns a status.