Calling a function in a table from C++ without loosing 'self'
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- Subject: Calling a function in a table from C++ without loosing 'self'
- From: "Framework Studios: Hugo" <hugo@...>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:58:09 +0200
Hi
all,
I'm trying to call a
function called 'init' in a table from C++. Currently this is what I've
got:
int
cGameObject::start(lua_State *VM)
{
// first get the
table
lua_pushstring(VM,
m_TableName); // m_TableName =
"GameObject" in this example
lua_gettable(VM,
LUA_GLOBALSINDEX);
// get the 'init'
function from the table
lua_pushstring(VM,
"init");
lua_gettable(VM, -2);
// call the
function
lua_call(VM,
0, 0);
return
0;
}
Now this works fine,
except when using 'self' in the init function, it fails. 'self' is
unknown.
But when I do this:
lua_dostring("GameObject:init()") 'self' *is* known in the init()
function.
The reason why I
would like to do the call myself, besides performance, is I want to pass any
parameters passed to the 'start' function on to the 'init'
function.
So, what am I doing
wrong? Why is 'self' unknown when calling the 'init' function
directly?
Thanks,
Hugo