upvalue

To assign a higher value to.

Noun

  1. A free variable that has been bound (closed over) with a closure.
    • The so-called shared upvalues are copied for each function during setup. Afterward, the functions access their own copies of the upvalues. In the Lua reference manual, these are called shared upvalues because they are...

Origin

From up + value.

Forms

upvalues

Verb

  1. To assign a higher value to.

Origin

From up- + value.

Forms

upvalues upvaluing upvalued