Re: lua_gc()

["D Burgess" <dburgess@...>]

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
> > I have a 1:1 relationship between OS threads and Lua threads
> > and only one of the OS threads executes at a time.
>
> I assume you want this instead of a Lua *state* for each OS thread.
> Have you defined locking inside the Lua core with lua_lock?

It has to be that way, Lua is being placed in an existing app.

> Can't you simply restart it, even if it is not stopped? It'll be harmless
> in this case.

Maybe, I will see how it fits in the code. Thanks.

> Anyway, since you're debugging, you may add a kludge to lua_gc that
> returns this info:
>
>         default: res = (g->GCthreshold == MAX_LUMEM);
>
> Then call lua_gc(L,-1,0) (anything other than LUAGC_* instead of -1 will do).
> This will return 1 of the gc is stopped.

Many thanks.

David B.