Re: C++ enum

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>]

Archibald wrote:

>I want to share my identificators by both program and script. It's easy 
>when I use #define (I simply delete #define part and copy the rest to the 
>script). But how can I do it when I use C++ enum? Is it possible in lua to 
>do it other way than manually giving each identificator it's number?
>
>enum enumItem {  ITEM_SWORD, ITEM_AXE, ITEM_SHIELD };

Lua traditionally uses strings instead of numbers for enums (after all, enums
and defines were introduced to improve readabiliy too). To map strings to
numbers, use luaL_findstring. See the POSIX library lposix for examples of
this technique. See also f_seek in src/lib/liolib.c.
--lhf