Re: lua_getglobal / lua_pcall - can't find my function

["Abhinav Lele" <abhinav.lele@...>]

you need to call pcall(L,0,0,0) after loading your file before u use
the function.
have a look at http://code.google.com/p/openanimator/source/browse/trunk/engine/src/engine.h:
LuaEnviroment class to get a howto for your problem.

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Aaron Saarela
<Aaron.Saarela@emergent.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I have some lua functions I want to call from a C++ application. I use
>  lua_dofile to load the file. If I use lua_dostring to call a function it
>  works fine. However, when I use lua_getglobal/lua_pcall instead, my function
>  doesn't end up on the stack and pcall fails with a call to nil.
>
>  Here's an example of what I'm talking about:
>
>  // get the foo module ready to go
>  lua_dofile(state, "foo.lua");
>  luaL_dostring(state, "foo.dosomething()");   // works fine
>
>
>  But:
>
>  lua_getglobal(state, "foo.dosomething");
>  lua_pcall(state, 0, 0, 0);
>  // returns -1, err message indicates a call to nil
>
>
>  my foo.lua looks like:
>
>  module("foo", package.seeall)
>
>  function foo()
>    print("Did something")
>  end
>
>
>  Is there something I'm missing?
>
>  Thanks,
>  -Aaron
>
>