Re: lua_Alloc thread safety

["Liam Devine" <liamdevine@...>]

On 23/03/14 22:22, Rena wrote:
> Would it be safe to do something like:
> 
> void *ud = NULL;
> lua_Alloc alloc = lua_getallocf(L, &ud);
> void *buf = alloc(ud, NULL, 0, newsize);
> 
> while L may be being used by another thread?
> 

I would say that it depends on which allocator and may be which C
runtime is being used. Lua will lock the state when getting the
allocator from the global state if you have implemented lua_lock and
lua_unlock.

-- 
Liam

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