Re: table deep copy in C/CPP

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

Pan Shi Zhu kirjoitti 22.3.2010 kello 2:44:

> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Asko Kauppi <askok@dnainternet.net>  
> wrote:
> > I think it did not copy the environment, though that could actually  
> > be
> > implemented if needed.
> >
> > It would copy the function given as upvalue. It only stops when  
> > there's a
> > recursion (i.e. it cannot copy a function which has itself as  
> > upvalue,
> > though even this could possibly be implemented, if needed).
>
> What I want is to serialize a function and transmit it in a network
> socket, then unserialize it in another process (the process runs on
> another computer).
>
> does lua lanes copied function support this?

Absolutely.

Though Lanes does not do the transfer for you, and the architectures  
of the two machines need to match.

- asko

ps. "Absolutely" above naturally implies it's a Lua function. A C  
function usable in Lua can hardly be serialized.