Re: Problem compiling lua chunks with just tables...
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- Subject: Re: Problem compiling lua chunks with just tables...
- From: "Wim Couwenberg" <wcou@...>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 09:56:27 +0100
> Scenario 2:
> Compile the following script
>
> t001 = {t001_name = "mytable"}
>
> Result:
> a chunk about 0x45 bytes long. A look into the binary chunk reveals
> no such symbols like t001, t001_name or mytable.
Both luac and string.dump *do* include these strings (of course.) The
simplest way (in Lua 5 that is) to compile your own chunks is by using
string.dump. (In Lua 4 it is *much* more involved unfortunately.) Example:
-- compile "test.lua" to "test.lc"
-- (no error checking) :-)
local chunk = loadfile "test.lua"
local code = string.dump(chunk)
local file = io.open("test.lc", "wb")
file:write(code)
file:close()
Now you can load / execute the test.lc script as usual:
dofile "test.lc"
loadfile "test.lc" ()
--
Wim