Re: Uniqueness of references

[Diego Nehab <diego@...>]

Hi,

> If I get two references to the same Lua object with lua_ref(), should 
> they have the same integer value?  
> 
> I'm trying to match objects passed in subsequent calls to my API:
> 
> 	function myFunc() ... end
> 	
> 	registerObject(myFunc)
> 	...
> 	unregisterObject(myFunc)
> 
> Currently when  I try  to compare  the  references obtained  in my  C
> implementations of these registration functions, I get different values.
> Is this right? Is there a way around it?

They are and should be different: you might want to have two independent
locks on a  single object. To compare objects pointed  to by references,
first get the objects themselves on  the Lua stack (lua_getref), and
than compare them (lua_equal).

Regards,
Diego.