Re: Lua tables in C++ program

[Eero Pajarre <epajarre@...>]

Tuomo Valkonen wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 08:48:59PM +0400, Grisha wrote:
>
> > Connecting the C++ object to the
> > table isn't difficult - there's just a field in teh table "__handle" that
> > stores light user data pointer to the object, 
>
>
> <OT>
> This common method of passing objects directly as light userdatas to
> Lua makes me see red. 


This of course depends on the application. In my app, it is certain that
the objects, which are given to Lua as light userdata pointers, will
not go away while the Lua code is "live".

For a situation were objects might be destroyed, some other method is needed.



		Eero