Re: How to create Lua nested namespaces in C

["E. Wing" <ewmailing@...>]

Thank you! The code is very much appreciated! This is exactly what I needed.

-Eric

> From: Malte Thiesen <malte.thiesen@kamalook.de>
> Hi,
> I use the following code to create nested tables. The function takes a
> Lua-state and a string like "very.deeply.nested" and then creates all
> the subtables down to "nested" and leaves the "deepest" table on the stack.
> It also makes sure that the tables aren't overwritten, so if you create
> "very.deeply.nested" and "very.deeply" already exists only "nested" is
> created. Unlike you I use std::string not C-strings so you may have to
> adapt the code a little.
> 
> bool CreateNestedTable(lua_State * L, const std::string & TableName)
> {