`getinfo' gets information about non-active functions, too.

ldblib.c

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ldblib.c,v 1.13 2000/04/14 17:44:20 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: ldblib.c,v 1.14 2000/05/08 13:21:35 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Interface from Lua to its debug API
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
 
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -41,40 +42,51 @@ static void settabso (lua_State *L, lua_Object t, const char *i, lua_Object v) {
 }
 
 
-static void getstack (lua_State *L) {
+static void getinfo (lua_State *L) {
   lua_Debug ar;
-  if (!lua_getstack(L, luaL_check_int(L, 1), &ar))  /* level out of range? */
-    return;
-  else {
-    const char *options = luaL_opt_string(L, 2, "flnSu");
-    lua_Object res = lua_createtable(L);
-    if (!lua_getinfo(L, options, &ar))
-      luaL_argerror(L, 2, "invalid option");
-    for (; *options; options++) {
-      switch (*options) {
-        case 'S':
-          settabss(L, res, "source", ar.source);
-          settabsi(L, res, "linedefined", ar.linedefined);
-          settabss(L, res, "what", ar.what);
-          break;
-        case 'l':
-          settabsi(L, res, "currentline", ar.currentline);
-          break;
-        case 'u':
-          settabsi(L, res, "nups", ar.nups);
-          break;
-        case 'n':
-          settabss(L, res, "name", ar.name);
-          settabss(L, res, "namewhat", ar.namewhat);
-          break;
-        case 'f':
-          settabso(L, res, "func", ar.func);
-          break;
-
-      }
+  lua_Object res;
+  lua_Object func = lua_getparam(L, 1);
+  const char *options = luaL_opt_string(L, 2, "flnSu");
+  char buff[20];
+  if (lua_isnumber(L, func)) {
+    if (!lua_getstack(L, lua_getnumber(L, func), &ar)) {
+      lua_pushnil(L);  /* level out of range */
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  else if (lua_isfunction(L, func)) {
+    ar.func = func;
+    sprintf(buff, ">%.10s", options);
+    options = buff;
+  }
+  else
+    luaL_argerror(L, 1, "function or level expected");
+  res = lua_createtable(L);
+  if (!lua_getinfo(L, options, &ar))
+    luaL_argerror(L, 2, "invalid option");
+  for (; *options; options++) {
+    switch (*options) {
+      case 'S':
+        settabss(L, res, "source", ar.source);
+        settabsi(L, res, "linedefined", ar.linedefined);
+        settabss(L, res, "what", ar.what);
+        break;
+      case 'l':
+        settabsi(L, res, "currentline", ar.currentline);
+        break;
+      case 'u':
+        settabsi(L, res, "nups", ar.nups);
+        break;
+      case 'n':
+        settabss(L, res, "name", ar.name);
+        settabss(L, res, "namewhat", ar.namewhat);
+        break;
+      case 'f':
+        settabso(L, res, "func", ar.func);
+        break;
     }
-    lua_pushobject(L, res);
   }
+  lua_pushobject(L, res);
 }
     
 
@@ -163,7 +175,7 @@ static void setlinehook (lua_State *L) {
 
 static const struct luaL_reg dblib[] = {
   {"getlocal", getlocal},
-  {"getstack", getstack},
+  {"getinfo", getinfo},
   {"setcallhook", setcallhook},
   {"setlinehook", setlinehook},
   {"setlocal", setlocal}

ldebug.c

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ldebug.c,v 1.17 2000/05/08 19:32:53 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: ldebug.c,v 1.18 2000/05/08 20:49:05 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Debug Interface
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ int lua_setlocal (lua_State *L, const lua_Debug *ar, lua_Localvar *v) {
 }
 
 
-static void lua_funcinfo (lua_Debug *ar) {
-  StkId func = ar->_func;
+static void lua_funcinfo (lua_Debug *ar, StkId func) {
   switch (ttype(func)) {
     case TAG_LCLOSURE:  case TAG_LMARK:
       ar->source = clvalue(func)->f.l->source->str;
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ static void lua_getobjname (lua_State *L, StkId f, lua_Debug *ar) {
   /* try to find a name for given function */
   setnormalized(L->top, f); /* to be used by `checkfunc' */
   for (i=0; i<=g->size; i++) {
-    if (checkfunc(L, val(node(g,i))) && ttype(key(node(g,i))) == TAG_STRING) {
+    if (ttype(key(node(g,i))) == TAG_STRING && checkfunc(L, val(node(g,i)))) {
       ar->name = tsvalue(key(node(g,i)))->str;
       ar->namewhat = "global";
       return;
@@ -178,12 +177,17 @@ static void lua_getobjname (lua_State *L, StkId f, lua_Debug *ar) {
 
 
 int lua_getinfo (lua_State *L, const char *what, lua_Debug *ar) {
-  StkId func = ar->_func;
-  LUA_ASSERT(L, is_T_MARK(ttype(func)), "invalid activation record");
+  StkId func;
+  if (*what != '>')
+    func = ar->_func;
+  else {
+    what++;  /* skip the '>' */
+    func = ar->func;
+  }
   for (; *what; what++) {
     switch (*what) {
       case 'S':
-        lua_funcinfo(ar);
+        lua_funcinfo(ar, func);
         break;
       case 'l':
         ar->currentline = lua_currentline(L, func);

manual.tex

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-% $Id: manual.tex,v 1.36 2000/04/17 19:23:48 roberto Exp roberto $
+% $Id: manual.tex,v 1.37 2000/05/12 19:19:18 roberto Exp roberto $
 
 \documentclass[11pt]{article}
 \usepackage{fullpage,bnf}
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Waldemar Celes
 \tecgraf\ --- Computer Science Department --- PUC-Rio
 }
 
-\date{{\small \tt\$Date: 2000/04/17 19:23:48 $ $}}
+\date{{\small \tt\$Date: 2000/05/12 19:19:18 $ $}}
 
 \maketitle
 
@@ -3329,7 +3329,22 @@ selects some fields of \verb|ar| to be filled,
 as indicated by the letter in parentheses in the definition of \verb|lua_Debug|;
 that is, an \verb|S| fills the fields \verb|source| and \verb|linedefined|,
 and \verb|l| fills the field \verb|currentline|, etc.
-We describe each field below:
+
+To get information about a function that is not active (that is,
+it is not in the stack),
+you set the \verb|func| field of the \verb|lua_Debug| structure
+with the function,
+and start the \verb|what| string with the character \verb|>|.
+For instance, to know in which line a function \verb|f| was defined,
+you can write
+\begin{verbatim}
+  lua_Debug ar;
+  ar.func = lua_getglobal(L, "f");
+  lua_getinfo(L, ">S", &ar);
+  printf("%d\n", ar.linedefined);
+\end{verbatim}
+
+The fields of \verb|lua_Debug| have the following meaning:
 \begin{description}
 
 \item[source]
@@ -3523,21 +3538,26 @@ As a general rule, if your program does not need this library,
 do not open it.
 
 
-\subsubsection*{\ff \T{getstack (level, [what])}}\Deffunc{getstack}
+\subsubsection*{\ff \T{getinfo (function, [what])}}\Deffunc{getinfo}
+
+This function returns a table with information about a function.
+You can give the function directly,
+or you can give a number as the value of \verb|function|,
+which means the function running at level \verb|function| of the stack:
+Level 0 is the current function (\verb|getinfo| itself);
+level 1 is the function that called \verb|getinfo|;
+and so on.
+If \verb|function| is a number larger than the number of active functions,
+\verb|getinfo| returns \nil.
 
-This function returns a table with information about the function
-running at level \verb|level| of the stack.
-Level 0 is the current function (\verb|getstack| itself);
-level 1 is the function that called \verb|getstack|.
-If \verb|level| is larger than the number of active functions,
-the function returns \nil.
-The table contains all the fields returned by \verb|lua_getinfo|,
+The returned table contains all the fields returned by \verb|lua_getinfo|,
 with the string \verb|what| describing what to get.
-The default for \rerb|what| is to get all information available.
+The default for \verb|what| is to get all information available.
 
-For instance, the expression \verb|getstack(1,"n").name| returns
-the name of the current function,
-if a reasonable name can be found.
+For instance, the expression \verb|getinfo(1,"n").name| returns
+the name of the current function, if a reasonable name can be found,
+and \verb|getinfo(print)| returns a table with all available information
+about the \verb|print| function.
 
 
 \subsubsection*{\ff \T{getlocal (level, local)}}\Deffunc{getlocal}