function or userdata

value = function() end
print(type(value))

This code prints "userdata", not "function". Is this correct?

http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#2.1

The type userdata is provided to allow arbitrary C data to be stored in Lua variables. A userdata value is a pointer to a block of raw memory. There are two kinds of userdata: full userdata, where the block of memory is managed by Lua, and light userdata, where the block of memory is managed by the host. Userdata has no predefined operations in Lua, except assignment and identity test. By using metatables, the programmer can define operations for full userdata values (see §2.4). Userdata values cannot be created or modified in Lua, only through the C API. This guarantees the integrity of data owned by the host program.

Luan also prints "userdata" for tables. I tested the code below:

t = {
  function() end
}
print(type(t[1]))
print(type(t))

When I run it with standard Lua, I get:

function
table

When I run it with Luan I get:

userdata
userdata

fixed in rev 86

It works now, thanks.

Closing thread.