Re: Transfering tables and variables across LUA states?

[Tomas <tomas@...>]

	Hi

> Does anyone know if you can transfer (seamlessly) a variable or table
> across LUA states?
	No.  But you can transfer some types of values using the C API.

> Currently I have multiple states executing scripts
> thoughout my application.  In some I have the need to have an almost
> global feel to them, where one state would be modifying another states
> variables.  The whole thing is not threaded (so no locking will be
> necessary), and scripts are executed sequentially in an event like
> system.
	Take a look at Rings library:

http://www.keplerproject.org/rings/

	Rings provides a function to create Lua states in Lua.  This
will create an object with a method called `dostring'.  This method
receives a piece of Lua code to be executed in the newly created state,
and can receive optional parameters, which will be stored in the `arg'
table (we'll release a version for Lua 5.1 very soon :-).

	Hope it helps,
		Tomas