new function 'luaL_setmetatable'

lauxlib.c

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lauxlib.c,v 1.225 2010/11/09 11:04:15 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lauxlib.c,v 1.226 2010/11/10 17:38:10 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Auxiliary functions for building Lua libraries
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ LUALIB_API int luaL_newmetatable (lua_State *L, const char *tname) {
 }
 
 
+LUALIB_API void luaL_setmetatable (lua_State *L, const char *tname) {
+  luaL_getmetatable(L, tname);
+  lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
+}
+
+
 LUALIB_API void *luaL_testudata (lua_State *L, int ud, const char *tname) {
   void *p = lua_touserdata(L, ud);
   if (p != NULL) {  /* value is a userdata? */

lauxlib.h

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lauxlib.h,v 1.109 2010/10/25 20:31:11 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lauxlib.h,v 1.110 2010/11/10 17:38:10 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Auxiliary functions for building Lua libraries
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ LUALIB_API void (luaL_checktype) (lua_State *L, int narg, int t);
 LUALIB_API void (luaL_checkany) (lua_State *L, int narg);
 
 LUALIB_API int   (luaL_newmetatable) (lua_State *L, const char *tname);
+LUALIB_API void  (luaL_setmetatable) (lua_State *L, const char *tname);
 LUALIB_API void *(luaL_testudata) (lua_State *L, int ud, const char *tname);
 LUALIB_API void *(luaL_checkudata) (lua_State *L, int ud, const char *tname);
 

liolib.c

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: liolib.c,v 2.93 2010/11/08 17:27:22 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: liolib.c,v 2.94 2010/11/09 16:57:49 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Standard I/O (and system) library
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ static FILE *tofile (lua_State *L) {
 static FILE **newprefile (lua_State *L) {
   FILE **pf = (FILE **)lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(FILE *));
   *pf = NULL;  /* file handle is currently `closed' */
-  luaL_getmetatable(L, LUA_FILEHANDLE);
-  lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
+  luaL_setmetatable(L, LUA_FILEHANDLE);
   return pf;
 }
 

loadlib.c

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: loadlib.c,v 1.91 2010/09/07 19:21:39 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: loadlib.c,v 1.92 2010/10/29 14:35:09 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Dynamic library loader for Lua
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 **
@@ -239,8 +239,7 @@ static void **ll_register (lua_State *L, const char *path) {
     lua_pop(L, 1);  /* remove result from gettable */
     plib = (void **)lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(const void *));
     *plib = NULL;
-    luaL_getmetatable(L, "_LOADLIB");
-    lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
+    luaL_setmetatable(L, "_LOADLIB");
     lua_pushfstring(L, "%s%s", LIBPREFIX, path);
     lua_pushvalue(L, -2);
     lua_settable(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);