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1 /*
2 ** $Id: lua.h,v 1.175a 2003/03/18 12:31:39 roberto Exp $
3 ** Lua - An Extensible Extension Language
4 ** Tecgraf: Computer Graphics Technology Group, PUC-Rio, Brazil
5 ** http://www.lua.org mailto:info@lua.org
6 ** See Copyright Notice at the end of this file
7 */
10 #ifndef lua_h
11 #define lua_h
13 #include <stdarg.h>
14 #include <stddef.h>
17 #define LUA_VERSION "Lua 5.0.1"
18 #define LUA_COPYRIGHT "Copyright (C) 1994-2003 Tecgraf, PUC-Rio"
19 #define LUA_AUTHORS "R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo & W. Celes"
23 /* option for multiple returns in `lua_pcall' and `lua_call' */
24 #define LUA_MULTRET (-1)
28 ** pseudo-indices
30 #define LUA_REGISTRYINDEX (-10000)
31 #define LUA_GLOBALSINDEX (-10001)
32 #define lua_upvalueindex(i) (LUA_GLOBALSINDEX-(i))
35 /* error codes for `lua_load' and `lua_pcall' */
36 #define LUA_ERRRUN 1
37 #define LUA_ERRFILE 2
38 #define LUA_ERRSYNTAX 3
39 #define LUA_ERRMEM 4
40 #define LUA_ERRERR 5
43 typedef struct lua_State lua_State;
45 typedef int (*lua_CFunction) (lua_State *L);
49 ** functions that read/write blocks when loading/dumping Lua chunks
51 typedef const char * (*lua_Chunkreader) (lua_State *L, void *ud, size_t *sz);
53 typedef int (*lua_Chunkwriter) (lua_State *L, const void* p,
54 size_t sz, void* ud);
58 ** basic types
60 #define LUA_TNONE (-1)
62 #define LUA_TNIL 0
63 #define LUA_TBOOLEAN 1
64 #define LUA_TLIGHTUSERDATA 2
65 #define LUA_TNUMBER 3
66 #define LUA_TSTRING 4
67 #define LUA_TTABLE 5
68 #define LUA_TFUNCTION 6
69 #define LUA_TUSERDATA 7
70 #define LUA_TTHREAD 8
73 /* minimum Lua stack available to a C function */
74 #define LUA_MINSTACK 20
78 ** generic extra include file
80 #ifdef LUA_USER_H
81 #include LUA_USER_H
82 #endif
85 /* type of numbers in Lua */
86 #ifndef LUA_NUMBER
87 typedef double lua_Number;
88 #else
89 typedef LUA_NUMBER lua_Number;
90 #endif
93 /* mark for all API functions */
94 #ifndef LUA_API
95 #define LUA_API extern
96 #endif
100 ** state manipulation
102 LUA_API lua_State *lua_open (void);
103 LUA_API void lua_close (lua_State *L);
104 LUA_API lua_State *lua_newthread (lua_State *L);
106 LUA_API lua_CFunction lua_atpanic (lua_State *L, lua_CFunction panicf);
110 ** basic stack manipulation
112 LUA_API int lua_gettop (lua_State *L);
113 LUA_API void lua_settop (lua_State *L, int idx);
114 LUA_API void lua_pushvalue (lua_State *L, int idx);
115 LUA_API void lua_remove (lua_State *L, int idx);
116 LUA_API void lua_insert (lua_State *L, int idx);
117 LUA_API void lua_replace (lua_State *L, int idx);
118 LUA_API int lua_checkstack (lua_State *L, int sz);
120 LUA_API void lua_xmove (lua_State *from, lua_State *to, int n);
124 ** access functions (stack -> C)
127 LUA_API int lua_isnumber (lua_State *L, int idx);
128 LUA_API int lua_isstring (lua_State *L, int idx);
129 LUA_API int lua_iscfunction (lua_State *L, int idx);
130 LUA_API int lua_isuserdata (lua_State *L, int idx);
131 LUA_API int lua_type (lua_State *L, int idx);
132 LUA_API const char *lua_typename (lua_State *L, int tp);
134 LUA_API int lua_equal (lua_State *L, int idx1, int idx2);
135 LUA_API int lua_rawequal (lua_State *L, int idx1, int idx2);
136 LUA_API int lua_lessthan (lua_State *L, int idx1, int idx2);
138 LUA_API lua_Number lua_tonumber (lua_State *L, int idx);
139 LUA_API int lua_toboolean (lua_State *L, int idx);
140 LUA_API const char *lua_tostring (lua_State *L, int idx);
141 LUA_API size_t lua_strlen (lua_State *L, int idx);
142 LUA_API lua_CFunction lua_tocfunction (lua_State *L, int idx);
143 LUA_API void *lua_touserdata (lua_State *L, int idx);
144 LUA_API lua_State *lua_tothread (lua_State *L, int idx);
145 LUA_API const void *lua_topointer (lua_State *L, int idx);
149 ** push functions (C -> stack)
151 LUA_API void lua_pushnil (lua_State *L);
152 LUA_API void lua_pushnumber (lua_State *L, lua_Number n);
153 LUA_API void lua_pushlstring (lua_State *L, const char *s, size_t l);
154 LUA_API void lua_pushstring (lua_State *L, const char *s);
155 LUA_API const char *lua_pushvfstring (lua_State *L, const char *fmt,
156 va_list argp);
157 LUA_API const char *lua_pushfstring (lua_State *L, const char *fmt, ...);
158 LUA_API void lua_pushcclosure (lua_State *L, lua_CFunction fn, int n);
159 LUA_API void lua_pushboolean (lua_State *L, int b);
160 LUA_API void lua_pushlightuserdata (lua_State *L, void *p);
164 ** get functions (Lua -> stack)
166 LUA_API void lua_gettable (lua_State *L, int idx);
167 LUA_API void lua_rawget (lua_State *L, int idx);
168 LUA_API void lua_rawgeti (lua_State *L, int idx, int n);
169 LUA_API void lua_newtable (lua_State *L);
170 LUA_API void *lua_newuserdata (lua_State *L, size_t sz);
171 LUA_API int lua_getmetatable (lua_State *L, int objindex);
172 LUA_API void lua_getfenv (lua_State *L, int idx);
176 ** set functions (stack -> Lua)
178 LUA_API void lua_settable (lua_State *L, int idx);
179 LUA_API void lua_rawset (lua_State *L, int idx);
180 LUA_API void lua_rawseti (lua_State *L, int idx, int n);
181 LUA_API int lua_setmetatable (lua_State *L, int objindex);
182 LUA_API int lua_setfenv (lua_State *L, int idx);
186 ** `load' and `call' functions (load and run Lua code)
188 LUA_API void lua_call (lua_State *L, int nargs, int nresults);
189 LUA_API int lua_pcall (lua_State *L, int nargs, int nresults, int errfunc);
190 LUA_API int lua_cpcall (lua_State *L, lua_CFunction func, void *ud);
191 LUA_API int lua_load (lua_State *L, lua_Chunkreader reader, void *dt,
192 const char *chunkname);
194 LUA_API int lua_dump (lua_State *L, lua_Chunkwriter writer, void *data);
198 ** coroutine functions
200 LUA_API int lua_yield (lua_State *L, int nresults);
201 LUA_API int lua_resume (lua_State *L, int narg);
204 ** garbage-collection functions
206 LUA_API int lua_getgcthreshold (lua_State *L);
207 LUA_API int lua_getgccount (lua_State *L);
208 LUA_API void lua_setgcthreshold (lua_State *L, int newthreshold);
211 ** miscellaneous functions
214 LUA_API const char *lua_version (void);
216 LUA_API int lua_error (lua_State *L);
218 LUA_API int lua_next (lua_State *L, int idx);
220 LUA_API void lua_concat (lua_State *L, int n);
225 ** ===============================================================
226 ** some useful macros
227 ** ===============================================================
230 #define lua_boxpointer(L,u) \
231 (*(void **)(lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(void *))) = (u))
233 #define lua_unboxpointer(L,i) (*(void **)(lua_touserdata(L, i)))
235 #define lua_pop(L,n) lua_settop(L, -(n)-1)
237 #define lua_register(L,n,f) \
238 (lua_pushstring(L, n), \
239 lua_pushcfunction(L, f), \
240 lua_settable(L, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX))
242 #define lua_pushcfunction(L,f) lua_pushcclosure(L, f, 0)
244 #define lua_isfunction(L,n) (lua_type(L,n) == LUA_TFUNCTION)
245 #define lua_istable(L,n) (lua_type(L,n) == LUA_TTABLE)
246 #define lua_islightuserdata(L,n) (lua_type(L,n) == LUA_TLIGHTUSERDATA)
247 #define lua_isnil(L,n) (lua_type(L,n) == LUA_TNIL)
248 #define lua_isboolean(L,n) (lua_type(L,n) == LUA_TBOOLEAN)
249 #define lua_isnone(L,n) (lua_type(L,n) == LUA_TNONE)
250 #define lua_isnoneornil(L, n) (lua_type(L,n) <= 0)
252 #define lua_pushliteral(L, s) \
253 lua_pushlstring(L, "" s, (sizeof(s)/sizeof(char))-1)
258 ** compatibility macros and functions
262 LUA_API int lua_pushupvalues (lua_State *L);
264 #define lua_getregistry(L) lua_pushvalue(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX)
265 #define lua_setglobal(L,s) \
266 (lua_pushstring(L, s), lua_insert(L, -2), lua_settable(L, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX))
268 #define lua_getglobal(L,s) \
269 (lua_pushstring(L, s), lua_gettable(L, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX))
272 /* compatibility with ref system */
274 /* pre-defined references */
275 #define LUA_NOREF (-2)
276 #define LUA_REFNIL (-1)
278 #define lua_ref(L,lock) ((lock) ? luaL_ref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX) : \
279 (lua_pushstring(L, "unlocked references are obsolete"), lua_error(L), 0))
281 #define lua_unref(L,ref) luaL_unref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, (ref))
283 #define lua_getref(L,ref) lua_rawgeti(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, ref)
288 ** {======================================================================
289 ** useful definitions for Lua kernel and libraries
290 ** =======================================================================
293 /* formats for Lua numbers */
294 #ifndef LUA_NUMBER_SCAN
295 #define LUA_NUMBER_SCAN "%lf"
296 #endif
298 #ifndef LUA_NUMBER_FMT
299 #define LUA_NUMBER_FMT "%.14g"
300 #endif
302 /* }====================================================================== */
306 ** {======================================================================
307 ** Debug API
308 ** =======================================================================
313 ** Event codes
315 #define LUA_HOOKCALL 0
316 #define LUA_HOOKRET 1
317 #define LUA_HOOKLINE 2
318 #define LUA_HOOKCOUNT 3
319 #define LUA_HOOKTAILRET 4
323 ** Event masks
325 #define LUA_MASKCALL (1 << LUA_HOOKCALL)
326 #define LUA_MASKRET (1 << LUA_HOOKRET)
327 #define LUA_MASKLINE (1 << LUA_HOOKLINE)
328 #define LUA_MASKCOUNT (1 << LUA_HOOKCOUNT)
330 typedef struct lua_Debug lua_Debug; /* activation record */
332 typedef void (*lua_Hook) (lua_State *L, lua_Debug *ar);
335 LUA_API int lua_getstack (lua_State *L, int level, lua_Debug *ar);
336 LUA_API int lua_getinfo (lua_State *L, const char *what, lua_Debug *ar);
337 LUA_API const char *lua_getlocal (lua_State *L, const lua_Debug *ar, int n);
338 LUA_API const char *lua_setlocal (lua_State *L, const lua_Debug *ar, int n);
339 LUA_API const char *lua_getupvalue (lua_State *L, int funcindex, int n);
340 LUA_API const char *lua_setupvalue (lua_State *L, int funcindex, int n);
342 LUA_API int lua_sethook (lua_State *L, lua_Hook func, int mask, int count);
343 LUA_API lua_Hook lua_gethook (lua_State *L);
344 LUA_API int lua_gethookmask (lua_State *L);
345 LUA_API int lua_gethookcount (lua_State *L);
348 #define LUA_IDSIZE 60
350 struct lua_Debug {
351 int event;
352 const char *name; /* (n) */
353 const char *namewhat; /* (n) `global', `local', `field', `method' */
354 const char *what; /* (S) `Lua', `C', `main', `tail' */
355 const char *source; /* (S) */
356 int currentline; /* (l) */
357 int nups; /* (u) number of upvalues */
358 int linedefined; /* (S) */
359 char short_src[LUA_IDSIZE]; /* (S) */
360 /* private part */
361 int i_ci; /* active function */
364 /* }====================================================================== */
367 /******************************************************************************
368 * Copyright (C) 1994-2003 Tecgraf, PUC-Rio. All rights reserved.
370 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
371 * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
372 * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
373 * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
374 * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
375 * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
376 * the following conditions:
378 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
379 * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
381 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
382 * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
383 * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
384 * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
385 * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
386 * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
387 * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
388 ******************************************************************************/
391 #endif