Re: [ANN] LuaHashMap: An easy to use hash table library for C (release candidate)

[Marc Lepage <mlepage@...>]

Awesome. I admit I have in the past used Lua just as a C hash table library. Nice to put a good API on it.

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On 2012-12-27, at 10:00 AM, Eric Wing <ewmailing@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I wanted to announce my library, LuaHashMap: An easy to use hash table
> library for C.
> 
> You guys might find this interesting/amusing because it turns the
> traditional paradigm of embedding Lua on its head.
> 
> Instead of embedding Lua in your C program to make it extensible
> through scripting, or instead of adding a C module to extend features
> in Lua scripts, LuaHashMap utilizes Lua so the programmer can continue
> working completely in C.
> 
> LuaHashMap wraps Lua to leverage its proven hash table implementation,
> while providing a friendly C API (which avoids needing to know/use the
> low-level Lua C-API). Thus Lua becomes a implementation detail for an
> otherwise plain old C library. (Crazy, eh?)
> 
> There's also some other fun/crazy/nasty stuff included such as an
> STL-like interface wrapper for LuaHashMap (conforms to
> hash_map/unordered_map), and optional macros utilizing the new C11
> _Generic feature for essentially C++-like overloading (without the C++
> baggage).
> 
> 
> I started this library on my free time nearly two years ago, but never
> finished the final things needed to do a release like documentation
> and benchmarks. I went through one major evolution about a year after
> its inception, and I've been pretty happy with the API and performance
> since. I did a big push on benchmarks 6 months ago, but never
> finished. I finally resumed the benchmarks and finally did
> documentation, so I am finally announcing this library. This is the
> release candidate (currently at v.0.2.1). Assuming no major issues,
> I'll bump up the version to 1.0 probably next year :P
> 
> 
> I have a lot more information/documentation about it. The home page
> for LuaHashMap is at:
> http://playcontrol.net/opensource/LuaHashMap
> 
> The benchmarks aren't posted yet. I just finished collecting all the
> data (multiple days worth or runs and reruns). I'm fussing with the
> chart generation and still writing the analysis. I will post this with
> or right after 1.0 (probably next week or the week after). I think the
> benchmarks are very interesting (and it kind of turned into a language
> shootout), so stay tuned.
> 
> Feedback is very welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
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