Improve LuaJIT compatibility, part #1: "*" library list is loaded through luaL_openlibs()

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/tools.c b/src/tools.c
index ccd941d..ee2a1ca 100644
--- a/src/tools.c
+++ b/src/tools.c
@@ -446,8 +446,16 @@ lua_State* luaG_newstate( char const* libs, lua_CFunction _on_state_create)
                 }
                 if( libs)
                 {
-                        lua_pushcfunction( L, luaopen_base);
-                        lua_call( L, 0, 0);
+                        if( libs[0] == '*' && libs[1] == 0) // special "*" case (mainly to help with LuaJIT compatibility)
+                        {
+                                luaL_openlibs( L);
+                                libs = NULL; // done with libs
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                                lua_pushcfunction( L, luaopen_base);
+                                lua_call( L, 0, 0);
+                        }
                 }
                 // after opening base, register the functions it exported in our name<->function database
                 populate_func_lookup_table( L, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX, NULL);