moving a lua array to C

["jimmyp_gr" <jimmyp@...>]

What's the best way of copying a lua array(table with continuous
integer keys) to C? The problem is that I don't know the size of the
array(it's not fixed) so I can't malloc the needed memory in C. One
way would be to count the elements first then copy them but then I'd
be doing two times the needed work. Is there a better(faster/cleaner)
way to do this?

Dimitris