RE: Integer keys in registry

[Alexandre Rion <gaumerie@...>]

So, if I don't use explicitly luaL_ref with the registry, no integer key will be reserved by the reference mechanism?

Thanks for your response

Alexandre

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> From: kev82@khn.org.uk
> Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 09:53:33 +0100
> To: lua-l@lists.lua.org
> Subject: Re: Integer keys in registry
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> On 17 May 2012, at 09:46, Alexandre Rion wrote:
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> > But when I'm looking to the luaL_ref/luaL_unref source code, I don't find any access to the registry. Where does it come from?
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> The registry is just a table with index LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, so to store a reference in the registry table use
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> luaL_ref(l, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX)
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> This allows you to also use luaL_ref with any other table as well.
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> Thanks,
> Kev