debug.setname

Sets the name of the specified function in the debug structure.

debug.setname(func: function, name: string): ()

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
func	function	The target function to rename.
name	string	The new debug name for the function.

Returns

void

Example

Example 1

local function test() end
debug.setname(test, "new_func_name")
print(debug.getinfo(test).name) -- "new_func_name"

Renaming functions makes stack traces and profiling outputs easier to read.