#including foo.lua file directly into C++11 code

[Bulat Ziganshin <bulat.ziganshin@...>]

Hello Lua,

Note: i found solution and described it at the end of message

I  have  200-line Lua script included in C++ code. In order to use Lua
syntax  higlightning,  I  placed this script into file Startup.lua and
wrote a trivial script that converts it to the C++ code like that:

const char* startup_code = R"fsdfw43r4(
  my Lua code...
)fsdfw43r4";

Now   i'm   trying  to get rid of those extra files (converter.lua and
converted-startup.cpp)   and  include Startup.lua contents directly to
C++ code. My first attempt failed:

const char* startup_code = R"fsdfw43r4(
  #include "Startup.lua"
)fsdfw43r4";

(preprocessor isn't fired inside string constants)

So  now  i'm  thinking  about  the  ways to hide a bit of C++ code in
Startup.lua file, sort of:

-- const char* startup_code = R"fsdfw43r4(
my Lua code...
-- )fsdfw43r4";

The last line is fine, but i can't find the way to deal with the first
one (i.e. write some code ignored by the Lua interpreter and equivalent to

const char* startup_code = R"fsdfw43r4(

for C++ compiler). Any ideas?


PS: on the second thought, i resolved it into the C++ code:

    LuaInstance() {int a=0;
    #include "Startup.lua"
    }
    const char* startup_code;

with corresponding Lua code:

--a; startup_code = R"fsdfw43r4(
..............
-- )fsdfw43r4";

Do  you  have  better  ideas?  Should i publish this trick on Lua wiki
and what is the best place?

-- 
Best regards,
 Bulat                          mailto:Bulat.Ziganshin@gmail.com