RE: Read only variables

["Chris Percival" <cpercival@...>]

Wonderful, thankyou..  That should give me something to work with..

Chris Percival
Software Engineer
Interaxis Computing Ltd.
DDI:  +44 (0)1249 700072
http://www.interaxis.co.uk/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br
> [mailto:owner-lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br]On Behalf Of Peter Shook
> Sent: 31 January 2002 05:02
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Read only variables
> 
> 
> aircooledspeed wrote:
> > 
> > If I create a variable using (for example):
> > 
> > lua_pushstring(L, "Hello world");
> > lua_setglobal(L, "MyHelloString");
> > 
> > Is there any way to make that variable read only (or 'constant') in
> > the script, ie any attempt to change their value results in an error?
> 
> You can make the value a userdata, and use the setglobal tag method to
> protect it.  But this only works for globals.  It won't work on local
> variables.
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