Re: static strings [was Re: Lua Compile/one time Load?]

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Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> 于2023年10月20日周五 21:50写道：

> However, if we introduce a callback, it probably would also need a user
> data to be passed to the callback. So, each external string would need
> three pointers of overhead. That could be significant for "short" long
> strings (such as in the range 40~100 bytes).
>

I think a global callback would be OK. For example, using the
metamethod __gc of the string type.
Only external string trigger it.

The callback is not used for releasing, it just report  the C pointer
to host program.

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