new module policy: C modules do not create globals and do not register

themselves with 'require' (let 'require' do its work); new auxiliary
functions luaL_newlib/luaL_newlibtable/luaL_setfuncs/luaL_requiref.
Old luaL_register will be deprecated.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lauxlib.h b/lauxlib.h
index d5728b58..4d762886 100644
--- a/lauxlib.h
+++ b/lauxlib.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lauxlib.h,v 1.106 2010/05/31 16:34:19 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lauxlib.h,v 1.107 2010/06/30 17:40:27 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Auxiliary functions for building Lua libraries
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ typedef struct luaL_Reg {
 LUALIB_API void (luaL_checkversion_) (lua_State *L, lua_Number ver);
 #define luaL_checkversion(L)    luaL_checkversion_(L, LUA_VERSION_NUM)
 
-LUALIB_API void (luaL_pushmodule) (lua_State *L, const char *modname,
-                                   int sizehint);
-LUALIB_API void (luaL_openlib) (lua_State *L, const char *libname,
-                                const luaL_Reg *l, int nup);
 LUALIB_API int (luaL_getmetafield) (lua_State *L, int obj, const char *e);
 LUALIB_API int (luaL_callmeta) (lua_State *L, int obj, const char *e);
 LUALIB_API const char *(luaL_tolstring) (lua_State *L, int idx, size_t *len);
@@ -78,11 +74,15 @@ LUALIB_API int (luaL_len) (lua_State *L, int idx);
 LUALIB_API const char *(luaL_gsub) (lua_State *L, const char *s, const char *p,
                                                   const char *r);
 
+LUALIB_API void (luaL_setfuncs) (lua_State *L, const luaL_Reg *l, int nup);
+
 LUALIB_API void (luaL_findtable) (lua_State *L, int idx, const char *fname);
 
 LUALIB_API void (luaL_traceback) (lua_State *L, lua_State *L1,
                                   const char *msg, int level);
 
+LUALIB_API void (luaL_requiref) (lua_State *L, const char *modname,
+                                 lua_CFunction openf, int glb);
 
 /*
 ** ===============================================================
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ LUALIB_API void (luaL_traceback) (lua_State *L, lua_State *L1,
 ** ===============================================================
 */
 
+
+#define luaL_newlibtable(L,l)   \
+  lua_createtable(L, 0, sizeof(l)/sizeof((l)[0]) - 1)
+
+#define luaL_newlib(L,l)        (luaL_newlibtable(L,l), luaL_setfuncs(L,l,0))
+
 #define luaL_argcheck(L, cond,numarg,extramsg)  \
                 ((void)((cond) || luaL_argerror(L, (numarg), (extramsg))))
 #define luaL_checkstring(L,n)   (luaL_checklstring(L, (n), NULL))
@@ -149,6 +155,12 @@ LUALIB_API char *(luaL_buffinitsize) (lua_State *L, luaL_Buffer *B, size_t sz);
 /* }====================================================== */
 
 
+LUALIB_API void (luaL_pushmodule) (lua_State *L, const char *modname,
+                                   int sizehint);
+LUALIB_API void (luaL_openlib) (lua_State *L, const char *libname,
+                                const luaL_Reg *l, int nup);
+
+
 /* compatibility with ref system */
 
 /* pre-defined references */