Re: Garbage collection in context of C++ and toLua

[Michael Bauroth <Michael.Bauroth@...>]

Ok, I've got it :)

Found the answer in the tolua reference: For explicitely constructed 
objects I have to call e.g. test:delete() by myself.

Best Regards
Michael

Michael Bauroth schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I'm working with Lua for about 2 months. The underlying core is written 
> in C++. Both worlds are connected over tolua. All the stuff works pretty 
> well and stable.
>
> Today I've checked the part of garbage collection with
>
> collectgarbage ( "collect" )
> collectgarbage ( "count" )
>
> A comparision of the before and after state showed, that the garbage 
> collection worked well for all "native" Lua variables.
>
> A C++ object constructed and referenced / dereferenced from Lua side 
> didn't garbage collected (I cheked it with a breakpoint in the C++ 
> destructor)
>
> e.g.
>
> local test = CTest:new()
> test = nil
>
> collectgarbage ( "collect" )
>
>
> Am I missing something or has anybody the same experience or maybe some 
> extra hints in this context?
>
> Best Regards
> Michael