RE: LUA_USERSTATE

[Nick Trout <Nick.Trout@...>]

> So after using this a little and also in lea of the discussion on
> libraries - wouldn't a functional interface be a better
> solution? One that can accept multiple user contexts referenced
> by id? I'm also having to include lstate.h so I can reference my 
> user context. (I'm using the first work release) 
> 
> as an alternate solution - for example:
> 
> id = lua_setuserctx( L, (void*) p );
> 
> p (mycontext*) = lua_getuserctx( L, id );
> 
> and in the state structure something like:
> 
> #define MAXUSERCTX 10
> 
> lua_State {
> ..
> void* userctx[MAXUSERCTX];
> };


Ooop, sorry I didnt get this the first time I read it but after thinking
about your previous post, I can see what you're talking about!!

I think something like this is more flexible.

id = lua_registercontext(L);
lua_setcontextdata(L,id,data);

...

data = lua_getcontextdata(L,id);

Nick