Re: [Q] How to deterministically release lsf.dir resources?

[Leo Razoumov <slonik.az@...>]

On 6/26/09, Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Leo,
>
>  On Jun 26, 2009, at 1:22 AM, Leo Razoumov wrote:
>
>
> > Unfortunately, I do not see how one can close the directory explicitly
> > from Lua short of hacking lfs.c. The directory related userdata is
> > well hidden inside an upvalue accessible only to dir_iter.
> >
>
>  Check the thread "lfs.dir, partial itineration and open file?" on the
> kepler mailing list.
>
>  Fabio Mascarenhas has added such close method to the directory iterator:
>
>  "This is now in luafilesystem cvs, although in slightly modified form:
>  local iter, dir_obj = lfs.dir(path)
>
>  local entry = iter(dir_obj) -- iterates, used by generic for
>  local entry = dir_obj:next() -- iterares, same as iter(dir_obj)
>  dir_obj:close() -- for explicitly closing the object before iteration
>  finishes"
>
>  --
>  PA.
>  http://alt.textdrive.com/nanoki/

Hi PA,
many thanks for the pointer. It seems that Fabio resolved the issue in
the CVS. I will update my installation.

--Leo--