Re: Lua Configuration help

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

No, that wouldn't be valid Lua.

The closest I can think of is:

MYDEF { Variable1,
	TYPE = BYTE
}

That would call 'MYDEF' with a table, 'Variable1' being at [1].   
Variable1 needs to be a table or userdata; you don't have reference  
types in Lua.

Using syntax rather close to Lua itself (your first sample) has the  
benefit that if your users want to explore the language more, their  
configuration files would actually resemble Lua code. Of course, you  
can always read in any syntax configuration, and programmatically  
apply the changes to your Lua state. I wouldn't. :)

-asko


Lythoner LY kirjoitti 19.10.2007 kello 14:02:

> I define the configuration like the following format.
>
> BYTE = 1
>
> function MYDEF(variable)
>     return variable
> end
>
> Variable1 = MYDEF
> {
> TYPE     = BYTE
> }
>
> Variable1 = MYDEF
> {
> TYPE     = BYTE
> }
>
> Variable1 = MYDEF
> {
> TYPE     = BYTE
> }
>
>
> Can I have the above configuration in this model?
>
> MYDEF Variable1
> {
>     TYPE     = BYTE
> }
>
> MYDEF Variable2
> {
>     TYPE     = BYTE
> }
>
> MYDEF Variable3
> {
>     TYPE     = BYTE
> }
>
> Regards,
>
> Krish