Exceptions from lua_getfield with __index metamethod

[Bryan McGinty <bmcginty@...>]

Hi,

I am writing Lua library code in C.  I am attempting to
determine if a global object exists, and if it does has
a particular key.

I first determine if the global object exists using:
lua_getglobal(ls, module);
if (lua_isnil(ls, -1) == 0) {

If the object exists and a key has been specified I then

attempt to determine if the key exists using:
lua_getfield(ls, -1, key);

With this call the object's __index metamethod is called.
If the __index metamethod returns an argument error my
code terminates.

Is there a better way to be doing this operation?  If not,
how can I catch the exception?

Regards,
Bryan