Re: Modern Lua binding library

[Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@...>]

Am 14.03.2016 um 07:48 schröbte Shunsuke Shimizu:
> 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.

What is a "modern Lua binding library" supposed to look like? Anyway, 
let's mention my own C binding library called "moon"[1] (very original 
name, I know). It's basically a higher-level replacement for 
`luaL_newmetatable()`, `lua_newuserdata()`, and `luaL_checkudata()`. 
It's most useful if you have lots of different userdata types that may 
depend on or inherit from each other. So far I've used it for bindings 
to APR, SDL, and FLTK. The latter is also on GitHub[2].

And finally here[3] is the mandatory link to the relevant wiki page. 
There may be some abandoned projects listed, but it's usually safe to 
assume that if Lua 5.3 is supported, it's still used/maintained.

Philipp


  [1]: https://github.com/siffiejoe/lua-moon
  [2]: https://github.com/siffiejoe/lua-fltk4lua
  [3]: http://lua-users.org/wiki/BindingCodeToLua

> 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.