---
weight: 100
title: "MV_OMIT"
description: "Omit all mangling steps"
icon: "code_blocks"
date: "2025-05-01T18:47:58-05:00"
lastmod: "2025-05-01T18:47:58-05:00"
---

`declare function MV_OMIT(omit: any): any`

will omit all mangling steps from the passed expression, will also disregard any indexes set by `MV_INDEX_TO_NUM`. Passing a function to this can be useful to keep performance-critical sections unobfuscated.

When used in a virtualized block (using the [MV_VM](./MV_VM) or [MV_ENC_FUNC](./MV_ENC_FUNC) macros), this will lift the function from the virtualized block as a separate standalone minified function in plaintext.

{{% alert context="info" text="**Note**: `MV_OMIT_FUNCTION` && `LPH_NO_VIRTUALIZE` are also available aliases." /%}}

## Valid Usage

```lua
local dontMangleMe = MV_OMIT(function()
  print("this whole function is in plaintext!")
end)

donMangleMe()

local a = MV_OMIT("plaintext string")
print(a .. "im obfuscated")

local foo = 'hello'
MV_ENC_FUNC(function()
    MV_OMIT(function(aa)
        if aa == "lol" then
            foo = "OK"
        else 
            foo = "NO"
        end
    end)("lol")

    print(foo)
end, "abc", "abc")()
-- will print "OK"

```