Foreign.Lua.Raw.Userdata

Bindings to HsLua-specific functions used to push Haskell values as userdata.

Documentation

hslua_fromuserdata

Arguments

:: State

-> StackIndex

userdata index

-> CString

name

-> IO (Maybe a)

Retrieves a Haskell object from userdata at the given index. The userdata must have the given name.

hslua_newhsuserdata :: State -> a -> IO ()

Creates a new userdata wrapping the given Haskell object.

hslua_newudmetatable

Arguments

:: State

Lua state

-> CString

Userdata name (__name)

-> IO LuaBool

True iff new metatable was created.

Creates and registers a new metatable for a userdata-wrapped Haskell value; checks whether a metatable of that name has been registered yet and uses the registered table if possible.