Obtaining references to lua_Objects passed to C function by Lua

[Cyril Zorin <cyril.zorin@...>]

Hi =)

Suppose I'd like to keep references to a bunch of lua_Objects that  
were passed to my C function by Lua. The reference manual (no pun  
intended) says that lua_ref() will obtain a reference to the  
lua_Object that's on top of the stack, but does this apply for the  
"getting arguments" situation? In other words, is this the right way  
to obtain references to passed arguments (for later use), or am I way  
off? In the likely event that I'm "way off" -- how is this done  
correctly?

void my_Lua_callable_function()
{
  int ref_to_param_1 = lua_ref(1);
  lua_pop();
  int ref_to_param_2 = lua_ref(1);
  lua_pop();

  // etc ...
}

Another approach I can think of is to push all the arguments using  
lua_pushobject(lua_lua2C(N)), and then use the lua_ref() interface  
with the stack that was just created, but I have a feeling that  
that's a particularly cruddy way to do things. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Cyril.