Examples

Here are some quick examples of what you can do in LuaD. If this makes no sense to you, or you want a more fleshed out explanation, go for the tutorial.

first-look example

import LuaD;

import tango.io.Stdout;

void main(char[][] args)
{
	auto lua = new LuaState;
	
	//Set any value with any key, as long as they're convertible to Lua types, arrays also supported
	//char[][] is converted to a Lua table of strings
	lua["ProgramArgs"] = args;
	
	//Any D function will work, as long as the argument types and return types are convertible to Lua types
	lua["printTimes"] = (char[] msg, int times){
		for(int i = 0; i < times; i++)
			Stdout(msg);
		Stdout.newline;
	};
	
	lua.doString(`printTimes("Hello! ", 10)`);
	
	//same syntax works for tables
	{
		auto table = lua.newTable;
		table["SomeField"] = "Hello";
		lua["SomeTable"] = table;
	}
	
	Stdout("SomeTable.SomeField is: ")(LuaString in lua["SomeTable", "SomeField"]).newline;
	
	//Grab and call any function
	auto popen = LuaFunction in lua["io", "popen"];
	popen(`cmd /C echo "hello world!"`);
}

---

example using LuaD with the underlying Lua binding

import LuaD;
import lua.all; //Raw binding for the Lua C API

/*
Raw lua functions need to have this prototype to be considered 'raw',
including having the C calling convention
*/
extern(C) int somecfunc(lua_State* L)
{
    Stdout(luaL_checkinteger(L, 1)).newline;
    return 0;
}

void main()
{
    lua["cfunc"] = &somecfunc; //Sets global "cfunc" to our raw Lua function

    //Errors that aren't caught by Lua are thrown as exceptions
    try lua.doString(`cfunc("Hm, was I supposed to pass a number?")`);
    catch(LuaErrorException e)
        Stdout(e.msg).newline;
}

Errors from LuaState.doString and LuaState.doFile include a stack trace by default, but you can override this by passing 'false' as the second argument when calling them.