Re: C API to check if string is valid varible name

[Tomas Mudrunka <mudrunka@...>]

> > I have lua embedded in system where users can define table of 
> > variables and
> > then write expressions to process them. However i think it would be
> > reasonable to have some sanity checks in place, so i don't have to 
> > explain
> > why formulas using variable called "TIME-MAX" are not working :-) and 
> > stuff
> > like that...
>
> Up to reserved words, the Lua pattern "^[%a_][%w_]*$" should do the 
> job.
>
> -- Roberto

Haha cool,  i was thinking that somehow calling string.find() using C 
api might be possible solution... not super elegant, but much more 
reasonable than using C regexp library just for this one thing...

T.

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