Re: Strange way to determine whether it is Lua or C function

[v <v19930312@...>]

On Sun, 2020-08-23 at 09:44 +0300, Egor Skriptunoff wrote:
> local function is_C_function(func)
>   local x = coroutine.create(func)
>   debug.sethook(x, function() x=debug.getlocal(2,2) coroutine.yield()
> end, "c")
>   coroutine.resume(x)
>   return not x
> end
> 
> Why does this code work?

I think it does the following:

1. Creates coroutine that will run specified function and sets hook on
"call" event.
2. Starts coroutine. This causes Lua to put called function's context
on stack and trigger hook.
3. Hook function writes the name of second local variable of second
function from top of the stack (one that triggered the hook and one
we're checking) to variable `x`. After this, it suspends execution,
returning control to `is_C_function`.
4. It returns if such variable doesn't exist.

The idea here is that C functions have at most one local and Lua
functions always have at least two. I'm not sure why this holds true,
but that's what script is assuming.
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