Lua = operator as print

> = a
nil
> a = 8
> = a
8
> = 'hello'
hello
> = print
function: 003657C8

while ((status = loadline(L)) != -1) {
  if (status == 0) status = docall(L, 0, 0);
  report(L, status);
  if (status == 0 && lua_gettop(L) > 0) {  /* any result to print? */
    lua_getglobal(L, "print");
    lua_insert(L, 1);
    if (lua_pcall(L, lua_gettop(L)-1, 0, 0) != 0)
      l_message(progname, lua_pushfstring(L,
                           "error calling " LUA_QL("print") " (%s)",
                           lua_tostring(L, -1)));
  }
}

if (firstline && b[0] == '=')  /* first line starts with `=' ? */
  lua_pushfstring(L, "return %s", b+1);  /* change it to `return' */