Lua templating/Glossary

This contains a listing of common lua terms.

Lua specific terms

• Lua tables - tables that store information (see Hash tables)
• Arrays - a numbered list stored in a lua table
• Meta-tables - tables that store "allow us to change the behavior of a table"

Lua templating terms

• Invoking - refers to using a lua module in a page/template
• Execution limit - refers to a 10 second limit for modules to run
• Module - a page that contains lua code that can be executed in a template/page
• Wrapper template - template that invokes a module
• Scribunto library - refers to libraries added to lua by mediawiki developers (see Scribunto_libraries)

Module

• Meta-Module - a module that is meant to be used by other modules
• Parameters- are template parameters that can be used in a lua module

Frame

• Parent frame : a table containing data about the page/template that transcludes a page/template that in turns invokes a module
• Child frame : a table containing data about a page/template that directly invokes a module

See also

• Lua templating