Re: Embedding Lua bytecode in C binary

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

I prefer to use a bin2c.lua script instead of the C code that comes  
with Lua.

You'll find it i.e. within the Lanes sources, which bakes in some Lua  
code into its binary module.

	http://luaforge.net/frs/?group_id=265&release_id=1142

I don't use the package mode (i.e. 'require') for getting at these  
portions, though.

-asko


Grant Robinson kirjoitti 27.11.2008 kello 8:32:

> I'm using Lua for a library that exposes a C API, but internally is
> using Lua for some of the functionality.  I would really like to embed
> my Lua modules directly into the binary.  Having done some perusing of
> Google and friends, it appears that bin2c (from
> <http://lua-users.org/wiki/BinToCee>) and the LOOP pre-compilation and
> pre-loading scripts (from
> <http://loop.luaforge.net/release/preload.html>) both look like fairly
> decent possibilities.  I was hoping to get some feedback of what
> approaches others here have used, and what people have found that
> works best.  Most of the Lua code that I would like to embed is
> written using the Lua 5.1 package model, so that is a consideration
> that needs to be kept in mind.
>
> Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Grant Robinson