Lua macro compatibility

Compatibility helpers let existing Luraph- and Centurion-style source compile without shipping development shims in the protected program.

Compatibility table

Macro	Kind	Behavior
LPH_OBFUSCATED	Value	Resolves to true in protected output.
LPH_LINE	Value	Resolves to the original source line.
LPH_VERSION	Value	Lua v2 compatibility value; resolves to 15.
LPH_ENCSTR / LPH_STRENC	Value wrapper	Preserves the wrapped string value.
LPH_ENCNUM / LPH_NUMENC	Value wrapper	Preserves the wrapped number value.
LPH_ENCBUF / LPH_BUFENC	Value wrapper	Lua v2 buffer compatibility; returns a Roblox buffer when available.
LPH_NO_VIRTUALIZE	Function wrapper	Keeps one constant function on the native path.
LPH_NO_UPVALUES	Function wrapper	Supported by the Lua engine except in FiveM mode.
LPH_JIT / LPH_JIT_MAX	Function wrapper	Accepted aliases that preserve the wrapped function.
LPH_CRASH	Control	Stops protected execution with a runtime error.
LPH_PRECHECK	Validation	Lua v2 precheck helper; can compare a returned value or table.
LPH_STACKALLOC	Allocation	Lua v2 compatibility helper for a bounded table-like stack.
CTN_* aliases	Centurion	LINE, OBFUSCATED, CRASH, NO_VIRTUALIZE, and INLINE are translated.

LPH_ENCFUNC and LPH_FUNCENC are not accepted by the legacy Lua engine because it does not provide runtime-key function encryption. Attribute-style Lua v2 helpers are compatibility annotations, not a claim that CodeProtect output was produced by another vendor.

Luraph-style source

Macro calls can live directly in source; no production SDK file is required.

script.lua

local native = LPH_NO_VIRTUALIZE(function(value)
    return value * 2
end)

if LPH_OBFUSCATED then
    print(LPH_ENCSTR("protected"), native(4), LPH_LINE)
end

local native = LPH_NO_VIRTUALIZE(function(value)
    return value * 2
end)

if LPH_OBFUSCATED then
    print(LPH_ENCSTR("protected"), native(4), LPH_LINE)
end

Centurion-style source

Supported Centurion aliases are normalized before compilation.

script.lua

local value, line = CTN_INLINE(function()
    local native = CTN_NO_VIRTUALIZE(function(value)
        return value + 2
    end)
    return native(3), CTN_LINE
end)

if CTN_OBFUSCATED then print(value, line) end

local value, line = CTN_INLINE(function()
    local native = CTN_NO_VIRTUALIZE(function(value)
        return value + 2
    end)
    return native(3), CTN_LINE
end)

if CTN_OBFUSCATED then print(value, line) end