Re: [ANN] lua-getsize

[Matthew Wild <mwild1@...>]

On 27 November 2010 15:22, Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 16:55, Cosmin Apreutesei
> <cosmin.apreutesei@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This is a small C module by Matthew Wild that adds a debug.getsize()
>> function which returns the size in bytes of a Lua object.
>
>> Homepage: http://code.matthewwild.co.uk/lua-getsize/summary
>
>> I found it useful so I packaged it and added a small test unit -
>> tested in win32 and linux64. Grab it while it's hot:
>> http://code.google.com/p/lua-aux-lib/downloads/list.
>
> Thank you for the useful contribution.
>
> But why does this module change a standard namespace?
>

It's a debugging function. it's very implementation-specific. It
belongs with other debugging functions. It's overkill to make a new
namespace for a single function.

I can however check that it isn't overwriting an existing "getsize"
field. I would indeed love Lua to have such a function built-in
(getsize depends on internal Lua header files), but I don't ever
expect it to, so I really see no harm in it for a module as small as
this.

Regards,
Matthew