Re: How to create Lua nested namespaces in C

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

.subtable[1].field is of course what I meant.. :)


30.11.2004 kello 17:42, Asko Kauppi kirjoitti:


> 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)
> > > {