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Building Visual Studio solution with C and C++
I'm wondering if I can add a C file to a C++ project. I use premake5 and conan to get the dependencies and build the solution but every file I've used so far is C++. Now, I need a C file that has a ...
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Premake5 - cppdialect is ignored while creating project for VS2022
I'm trying to compile Sciter from a command line batch, using the Visual Studio 2022 compiler. For that reason I need to generate the VS2022 projects using Premake5.
However Sciter needs to be ...
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Error parsing config from lua tables in boost unit test
Config file are read from my project directory, each of them run normally when I execute the main project target. I have an issue running a test case. I'm using sol2 from here as the lua-managing ...
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Passing Lua expression to interpreter from C++
I'm working on building a C++ hook into a game that uses a Lua 5.1 interpreter internally for game functions. Currently, I've identified the common functions that I can use to get the internal lua ...
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Using Lua FFI in dnsdist
How can i use Lua FFI for LuaFFIAction() in my dnsdist's configuration file?
In doc: Invoke a Lua FFI function that accepts a pointer to a dnsdist_ffi_dnsquestion_t object, whose bindings are defined ...
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Lua 5.1 bitwise operations using arithmetic for 64bit numbers
Lua 5.1 does not yet support bitwise operators. The Lua environment I'm using is restricted and provides a bit32 library that allows bitwise operations with 32-bit numbers.
The issue is that I'm ...
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Unable to load simple DLL module with Lua 5.4: "The specified module could not be found"
I'm trying to create a DLL module to be required by a Lua 5.4 script (64-bit Windows). I've created a simple DLL in Visual Studio based on the few examples I was able to find, however when I try to ...
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Share data(variables) between lua callback functions in C++
how I can share/access some data inside several lua callback functions in C++? I know that I can use global c++ variables or some singleton but I don't want to use that.
Hypotetic sample:
static int ...
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Using multiple Lua scripts with c++
I'm trying to use lua with my c++ program and when I look up for how to use multiple lua script with I found this result https://stackoverflow.com/a/61684333/22979136
I modified this result and ...
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Register composed structs with luabridge
I've the following GlobalStruct struct that I want to parse from a lua table:
namespace N1 {
struct DetailedStruct {
int i1;
int i2;
};
}
namespace N2 {
struct GlobalStruct {
int i1;
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How to get the functionality of one lua environment from another
I am involved in the development of a startup and our team is faced with the following problem. We have several lua environments in our C++ application, one environment runs on sol3, and the other is ...
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Using Sol2 to expose an interface to Lua and implementing the method in Lua
I am using the sol2 library to create a set of C++ class wrappers. About 10 years ago, I did the same with luabind and, as far as I remember, it was quite straightforward.
However, now I want to use ...
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How to get better performance out of Lua when iterating array of structs
Problem:
Iterating an array of structs in Lua and manipulating the data, that is than used in C++ later on.
Backstory:
I did some performance testing this week and I am kind of disappointed by the ...
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Crash when passing a Lua function as a callback, works well with C++ lambdas
EDIT: Calling fn on set works, the Lua function is called. The problem is on the timer's callback.
I suspect this conversion[*] from "std::function" to "void *" is the problem.
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Convert Lua array to C array when C function takes multiple inputs
I'm trying to figure out the interaction between Lua and C where a C function takes multiple inputs, one being a Lua array. Other articles on StackOverflow cover only an array being passed in to C, ...
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