Re: Lua/C++ binding library showdown: who's the best?

["Todor Totev" <umbra.tenebris@...>]

  Hello Tyler,
I will recomend you to check Lua+. It is modified version of Lua and is  
specifically
targeted at C++. It is simillar to LuaBind as it uses template  
metaprogramming
(so it will require your compiler to actually know tempaltes).
I find it more pleasant to work comparing to raw stack-based binding.
The documentation is little but suffiecent to help you getting started  
quickly.
Also as Lua+ modifies lua core it is quite efficient.
It has other useful features, like wide characters support,
optional different garbage collector and simplified memory management
but they are optional - personally I don't use them.
I used it only with VC7.1 so I cannot tell you about its portability.
To sum up,
  - Lua+ very nicely merges C++ classes with Lua
  - the code I wrote using Lua+ was more natural to me than LuaBind
  - the code at c++ side was easier to understand and maintain than LuaBind

Hope this helps,
Todor Totev

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:58:01 +0300, Tyler Olsen <roots@allacrost.org>  
wrote:


> - Portablity of code
> - Compilation complexity
> - Binding library dependencies (like boost)
> - Run-time complexity (both time and area)
> - Ease of use/programmability
> - Sufficient documentation
> - Actively under development, or at a final, stable release
>
>  From what I've researched so far, LuaBind and tolua++ seem to be the  
> two major players to me. I have not yet found the time to look into  
> either too seriously, so I'm hoping some seasoned users of each library  
> can post their thoughts, as well as those of other libraries. Thanks!