Extra bytes to the compiled binary

[LPr Pontex]

Hello,

suppose I compiled a Lua script with luac.exe into a binary. Is it possible that I add some bytes to the end of the compiled binaty ("ab+" or similar mode in C; e.g. a time stamp) so that the binary is still valid to be loaded by the Lua bytecode loader?

TIA.

Best regards, Lukas

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo]

> Is it possible that I add some bytes to the end of the compiled binaty ([...] e.g. a time stamp) so that the binary is still valid to be loaded by the Lua bytecode loader?

Yes. You can try it yourself:
$ echo 'print("hello")' | luac -
$ date >> luac.out
$ lua luac.out
hello