[ANNOUNCE] lua2c, convert Lua code into C

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>]

I've followed Russell Webb's suggestion and wrote a Lua -> C converter.
You can get it at ftp://ftp.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/pub/lhf/lua2c.tar.gz .

lua2c does not understand arbitrary Lua programs but is pretty useful.
Here is what it does to an example in the reference manual:

In Lua:
    a,b = f("how", t.x, 4)

In C:
    lua_getglobal(L,"f");
    lua_pushstring(L,"how");
    lua_getglobal(L,"t");
    lua_pushstring(L,"x");
    lua_gettable(L,-2);
    lua_remove(L,-2);
    lua_pushnumber(L,4);
    lua_call(L,3,2);
    lua_setglobal(L,"b");
    lua_setglobal(L,"a");

Please send comments, suggestions, and bug reports directly to me.
Enjoy.
--lhf