1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/llimits.h b/llimits.h
index 2954d2ef..57e7bed7 100644
--- a/llimits.h
+++ b/llimits.h
@@ -244,4 +244,29 @@ typedef unsigned long l_uint32;
 #endif
 
 
+/*
+** {==================================================================
+** "Abstraction Layer" for basic report of messages and errors
+** ===================================================================
+*/
+
+/* print a string */
+#if !defined(lua_writestring)
+#define lua_writestring(s,l)   fwrite((s), sizeof(char), (l), stdout)
 #endif
+
+/* print a newline and flush the output */
+#if !defined(lua_writeline)
+#define lua_writeline()        (lua_writestring("\n", 1), fflush(stdout))
+#endif
+
+/* print an error message */
+#if !defined(lua_writestringerror)
+#define lua_writestringerror(s,p) \
+        (fprintf(stderr, (s), (p)), fflush(stderr))
+#endif
+
+/* }================================================================== */
+
+#endif
+