You should read the source you are linking to instead of being needlessly snarky. The function you call emits IR, and it's doc block says: // EmitIR compi

You should read the source you are linking to instead of being needlessly snarky. The function you call emits IR, and it's doc block says: // EmitIR compiles the Lua script similarly to Compile but instead // uses the long listing options to capture the compiled IR dump. // EmitIR returns the Lua bytecode encoded as a string or any error.