Re: Modern Lua binding library

[Shunsuke Shimizu <grafi@...>]

Thanks.
I agree that auto-binding doesn't always make sense, and Lua C API
itself is clean and easy to use. But if you are working on C++, template
oriented libraries still can be helpfull, even if you don't need binding
to C++ class. Those provide a type-safer and more concise way to work
with Lua. Caring Lua's stack with the C API is often just tedious.

Anyway "the best/easier/faster Lua binding library" may be Lua C API,
and I also recommend it to beginners, while it is is not a "modern Lua
binding library" at all.

On 03/14/2016 03:28 PM, Sleepers Tang wrote:
> Hi,
> Lua is NOT C++ :D. These "AutoBinding Library or Helper Functions" only
> help if you already had a C++ project, and you wish to import Lua.  In
> other words, if you were start to design your application, the Lua C API
> is just enough. 
> 
> 2016-03-14 13:57 GMT+08:00 Shunsuke Shimizu <grafi@grafi.jp
> <mailto:grafi@grafi.jp>>:
> 
>     Hi,
>     Luwra [1] is another great library.
>     Now it supports C++11 compliant compilers, though only C++14 had been
>     supported once (shameless plugging: this C++11 support is my
>     contribution.)
>     In contrast to other libraries, with Luara, there is no need to
>     duplicate method names to bind a C++ class to Lua; which is achieved by
>     preprocessor macro magic. The following is an example (copied from [1]).
> 
>     // Register the metatable and constructor
>     luwra::registerUserType<Point(double, double)>(
>         lua,
> 
>         // Constructor name
>         "Point",
> 
>         // Methods need to be declared here
>         {
>             LUWRA_MEMBER(Point, scale),
>             LUWRA_MEMBER(Point, x),
>             LUWRA_MEMBER(Point, y)
>         },
> 
>         // Meta methods may be registered aswell
>         {
>             LUWRA_MEMBER(Point, __tostring)
>         }
>     );
> 
>     Even though, Luwra is boost-free and not very complex, especially when
>     compared to luabind.
> 
>     Cheers,
>     Shunsuke.
> 
>     [1] https://github.com/vapourismo/luwra
> 
> 
>     On 03/14/2016 12:08 AM, Abhijit Nandy wrote:
>     > There is luabind-deboostified which does not need to link with boost,
>     > but uses templates, so longer compilation times.
>     >
>     > https://github.com/decimad/luabind-deboostified
>     >
>     > On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 8:22 PM, ThePhD <jm3689@columbia.edu <mailto:jm3689@columbia.edu>
>     > <mailto:jm3689@columbia.edu <mailto:jm3689@columbia.edu>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     If you're looking for Binding C++ to Lua, I just finished Sol2[1], a
>     >     fast AND easy Lua <-> C++ binding library. We have documentation now
>     >     too, and examples. Feel free to  take a look: I was going to make an
>     >     announcement here, but... well, this is a really timely post you've
>     >     made!
>     >
>     >     [ 1 ] Reddit Post -
>     >     https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/4a8gy7/sol2_lua_c_binding_framework/
>     >
>     >     On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Jose Marin
>     >     <jose_marin2@yahoo.com.br <mailto:jose_marin2@yahoo.com.br>
>     <mailto:jose_marin2@yahoo.com.br <mailto:jose_marin2@yahoo.com.br>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >         Hi!
>     >
>     >
>     >         What's the best/easier/faster Lua binding library, in your
>     opinion?
>     >
>     >         Thanks
>     >
>     >
>     >         Jose
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
> 
>