Re: Can I use __gc metamethod directly from Lua?

["Adam D. Moss" <adam@...>]

David Given wrote:
> Trying to do real work from a finaliser in Lua land is going to involve a
> world of pain, I'm afraid. Consider the following:
...
> Lua avoids this kind of nasty mess by decreeing that finalisers are not
> available from the Lua language.

Well... having asked about this before, I got the reply that using a
Lua function as a finalizer is fully supported, IIRC.  Certainly I do
this extensively without conspicuous problems.

--Adam