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+2  Q: 

How to get name of the argument in lua?

I have lua function which accept the arguments. I want to get the name of the argument so that I can log the argument along with error.

Any idea how to get argument name in lua?

+6  A: 

Use debug.getlocal.

lhf  2010-03-23 10:22:38
Very cool didn't know of this. Deleting my answer because I was wrong.
ponzao  2010-03-23 11:46:17

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