Re: How to load more than a file from C

[Thomas Jericke <tjericke@...>]

On 04/30/2014 08:58 AM, Igor Trevisan wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm a Lua newbie and this is my first email to the list.
> I'm working wiht Lua into and embedded system where the main
> application is written in C and Lua is used to configure part
> of the system activities.
> I'm currently alble to load and execute a Lua script, loading it
> from a USB stick.
> What I'm now trying to do is execute a Lua function that uses an
> external module I wrote.
> So I have to load more than a single Lua file.
> I know that I could compile file_1.lua, file_2.lua, ..., file_n.lua
> and meld them in a  single bytecode but, just as an experiment,
> I would like to work with different lua files (text format, no bytecode).
> Is there a way to load and execute from my C program a Lua
> fuction which is "distributed" in more than a Lua text file?
> Without melding the files in a single bytecode?
> I hope I was clear enough (if I wasn't please, tell me and I'll ry to 
> explain again and better!) and that somebody out there can give me
> some suggestions.
> Thanks a lot in advance,
> Igor.
Hi,
I am not sure if I understand you right. Do you want to have a single 
Lua function split over
into several files, or do you want to have a single program split over 
several files?

Both is possible, but the first is actually rather unusual. If you need 
to split a single function
over several files, there is certainly something wrong with your coding 
style ;-)

If you could clarify which of the two above you want I would try to show 
you how either is done.
--
Thomas