5 files changed, 46 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/dir.tl b/src/luarocks/core/dir.tl
index 55604e64..4786290e 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/core/dir.tl
+++ b/src/luarocks/core/dir.tl
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+-- local dir = {} --!
 
-local dir = {} --!
+local record dir
+   unquote: function(c: string): string --! dir.unquote
+   path: function(...: string): string
+   split_url: function(url: string): string, string
+   normalize: function(name: string): string
+end
 
 local require = nil --!
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diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/persist.tl b/src/luarocks/core/persist.tl
index 67b5c8dd..26eb5dff 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/core/persist.tl
+++ b/src/luarocks/core/persist.tl
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 
-local persist = {}
+local record persist
+   run_file: function(filename: string, env: {string:any}): boolean, any | nil, string, string
+   load_into_table: function(filename: string, tbl: {string:any}) : table, table | nil, string, string
+end
 
 local require = nil --!
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diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/sysdetect.tl b/src/luarocks/core/sysdetect.tl
index ee2a5bf7..e783a012 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/core/sysdetect.tl
+++ b/src/luarocks/core/sysdetect.tl
@@ -46,12 +46,26 @@ local record sysdetect
       "cygwin"
       "macosx"
    end
+
+   hex: function(s: string): string --?
+   read_int8: function(fd: FILE): integer
+   bytes2number: function(s: string, endian: Endian): integer
+   read: function(fd: FILE, bytes: integer, endian: Endian): integer
+   read_int32le: function(fd: FILE): integer
+   read_elf_section_headers: function(fd: FILE, hdr: ElfHeader): {string: ElfSection}
+   detect_elf_system: function(fd: FILE, hdr: ElfHeader, sections: {string:ElfSection}): System
+   read_elf_header: function(fd: FILE): ElfHeader, Processor
+   detect_elf: function(fd: FILE): System, Processor
+   detect_mach: function(magic: string, fd: FILE): System, Processor
+   detect_pe: function(fd: FILE): System, Processor
+   detect_file: function(file: string): System, Processor --? systemdetect.detect_file?
+   detect: function(input_file: string): System, Processor
 end
 
 local type System = sysdetect.System --? ?
 local type Processor = sysdetect.Processor --? ?
 
-local enum Endian
+local enum Endian --? in the registry and a line for type ?
    "little"
    "big"
 end
diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/util.tl b/src/luarocks/core/util.tl
index 5fd423a9..c7f02de2 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/core/util.tl
+++ b/src/luarocks/core/util.tl
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 
-local util = {}
+local record util
+   popen_read: function(cmd: string, spec: string): string --? util.popen_read
+   show_table: function(t: {any:any}, tname: string, top_indent: string): string 
+   deep_merge: function(dst: {integer: any}, src: {integer: any})
+   deep_merge_under: function(dst: {integer: any}, src: {integer: any})
+   cleanup_path: function(list: string, sep: string, lua_version: string, keep_first: boolean): string 
+   split_string: function(str: string, delim: string, maxNb: number): {string} 
+   keys: function(tbl: {any:any}): {any} 
+   printerr: function(...: string | number)
+   warning: function(msg: string)
+   sortedpairs: function(tbl: {any: any}, sort_function: function<any>(any, any): boolean | {any:any} | nil): function 
+end
 
 local require = nil --!
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diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/vers.tl b/src/luarocks/core/vers.tl
index fd1e5acb..1940d7fb 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/core/vers.tl
+++ b/src/luarocks/core/vers.tl
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 
-local vers = {}
+local record vers
+   -- version_mt: {__eq: function, __lt: function, __le: function, __tostring: function} --! version_mt?
+   parse_version: function(vstring: string): Version | nil
+   compare_versions: function(a: string, b: string): boolean
+   match_constraints: function(version: Version, constraints: Version): boolean
+end
 
-local util <const> = require("luarocks.core.util") --!
+local util = require("luarocks.core.util") --! <const>??
 local require = nil --!
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@@ -21,7 +26,7 @@ local record Version --?
    number: {number}
 end
 
-local version_mt = {
+local version_mt = { --? version_mt?
    --- Equality comparison for versions.
    -- All version numbers must be equal.
    -- If both versions have revision numbers, they must be equal;