Re: Can this be done? (loading extensions from dlls / so's at runti me)

["Sebastian Rasmussen" <sebras@...>]

> 	I've made a package with some libraries and a Makefile
> that modifies the distributed Lua interpreter to add the capability
> of loading dynamic libraries.  I've only tested it on Linux, but I
> think it runs on any Unix...

I've been thinking in similar patterns when I first started coding in Lua. 
It's of course possible to recompile the Lua engine and add the desired 
library support, but this is not what I desire.

> 	I've been using it for exactly what you want: scripts
> that need some C libraries loaded dynamically.  The package includes
> LuaSQL, LuaSocket, MD5 and Poslib.  I can send you a copy if you ask
> me.

Is this the same tarball as
ftp://ftp.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/pub/lhf/loadlib.tar.gz?

Otherwise I would appreciate a copy of your code.

> 	On the other hand I don't know exactly if the method I've
> implemented will be compatible with the method adopted in the new
> version 5.0.  So, maybe you would prefer to wait for it.

Is it worth it to wait? How far away is Lua 5.0? Days? Weeks? Months? I 
haven't seen any approximative schedule, so I though I'd ask (although I 
expect an answer of the form "It's ready when it's ready." :-) )

/ Sebastian Rasmussen

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