Re: Breaking infinite loops / stopping code execution from C

[datashadow@...]

> >I was just wondering if there is any way to immediately stop Lua execution,
> >say, if some user scripts enter an infinite loop
>
> >You can set a hook and then a timer and a timer handler that calls lua_error
> >when the time has elapsed. In Lua 5.0 you'll be able to set "count" hooks
> >as well.
> ->-lhf

This can't be sufficient, as lua_error() will call exit() and the 
application will immediately terminate.
Setting a hook may be a solution to break infinite loops, but is neither a 
good solution, as neither a counting hook nor a timer-based approach are 
very flexible. But the main problem is, the script
MUST provide a way to stop execution on demand from the user, i.e. if 
he/she clicks a button, which
won't be solved by setting a timer. Terminating the whole application 
doesn't seem to be good practice, either. So still, the problem persists...