Re: Not able to copy Lua closures between states

["Patrick Donnelly" <batrick.donnelly@...>]

Hi Asko,

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Asko Kauppi <askok@dnainternet.net> wrote:
> Could future Lua have a mechanism similar to 'lua_pushcclosure' for Lua
> functions?  Is there some reason why this cannot (ever) be done?

I ran into this problem when memoizing a state. When you load the
binary string in Lua, the upvalues are set to nil. You can change them
manually using the debug library.

Also, I believe you may be looking for a way to share upvalues (that
is, two Lua functions may use the same upvalue)? I made a patch
recently that allows you to do this
(http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2008-02/msg01173.html). If you
intend to use it, please use this updated patch:
http://www.unm.edu/~batrick/lua/upvalue.patch

Cheers,

-- 
-Patrick Donnelly

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