Re: How to create Lua nested namespaces in C

[Asko Kauppi <asko.kauppi@...>]

You may also want to have a look at LuaX sources (Sources/gluax.c: 
_glua_totable()).  Do keep in mind that numbers and strings are 
different in Lua, as indices. I deal with this by making 
"subtable.1.field" match .subtable.1.field (that is, 1 and not "1").  
Confusing?  Sorry..

-ak

30.11.2004 kello 15:20, E. Wing kirjoitti:

 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)
> > {