Re: Sequence of bytes - userdata or string?

[David Kolf <kolf@...>]

Asim wrote:
> I want to write a C function that returns a sequence of bytes. This
> function should be called from Lua. There are two options for the type
> of return value in Lua - userdata and string.

I'd make that depend on whether you want to be able to change single 
bytes after the data was initially returned. A Lua string has to stay 
constant (when you want to change a byte, Lua creates a new string), an 
userdata can act however you want.

If the data is constant, I would use a string as it is less work.

-- David