How the Pipeline Works

Execution flow in Pipeline:apply:

1. Seed random generator (Seed or generated seed)
2. Parse source to AST
3. Apply configured steps in order
4. Rename variables
5. Unparse AST to Lua code

Seeding details

• If Seed > 0: uses that fixed seed.
• Else Prometheus attempts openssl rand -hex 12 for entropy.
• If OpenSSL is unavailable, it falls back to os.time() and logs a warning.

Variable renaming

After all steps finish, Prometheus renames identifiers using:

• selected NameGenerator
• configured VarNamePrefix
• language keyword table for selected LuaVersion

Logging

Pipeline emits informational logs for each phase and step timing, including output size relative to source.