[NEWBIE] Is there any way to enforce type checking in Lua.

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  • tl

    The compiler for Teal, a typed dialect of Lua

  • There is also Teal, which is Lua's equivalent of Typescript. It's still young, but it does cover the simpler use cases like the one you described.

  • luau

    A fast, small, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua

  • Luau from the Roblox folks also has typing, though it's optional.

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