Re: obfuscating / protecting LUA code

[David Given <dg@...>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Shmuel Zeigerman wrote:
[...]
> That's right regarding local variables' names, but what about table
> fields' names? luac keeps them intact, even with the -s option.

You can't change these without changing the behaviour of your program ---
table fields are data, not code.

for i, j in pairs(...) do
  print(i, j) -- will break if i has been munged!
end

- --
+- David Given --McQ-+ "If you're up against someone more intelligent
|  dg@cowlark.com    | than you are, do something insane and let him think
| (dg@tao-group.com) | himself to death." --- Pyanfar Chanur
+- www.cowlark.com --+
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFEUpRmf9E0noFvlzgRAvkcAJwKqG74Qev+Wrsc1aFpAjkzBapy3ACffCwx
lC+ZXeQ1rDpB6g5SCzOeOTk=
=wbHs
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----