Re: Object "Forwarding" Between States

[Joshua Jensen <josh.jjensen@...>]

Scott Morgan wrote on 6/29/2022 9:23 AM:
> Couldn't really give too much detail as I'm still figuring out exactly 
> what I need. May change my mind entirely at this point.
>
> A basic idea is of the main app firing off worker scripts(thread/Lua 
> state) which occasionally need to carry live state data between calls 
> but, for flexibility, not knowing what state (if any) is needed until 
> the worker has figured it out. So, some way for the worker to 
> create/grab live states as it needs.
>
> Obviously, there's a lot of details to sort out (lifetime of live 
> states, safe access to them, etc.), but it looks like I can go this way. 

It's been said, but I have used Lua Lanes for years in production, and 
it works great for this kind of data transfer between Lua states.

-Josh