Prevent Lua infinite loop

Question

I use lua interfaces to get lua support in my C# program, the worker thread will freeze if the user submits code like this

while true do end

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Answer 1

I have used two techniques to address this issue. The first is to call the DoFile or DoString method inside a separate Task. That way you can abort the thread. I do not know of any technique (say from within a hook) to exit the interpreter.

Another way would be to setup a separate Appdomain. Using this you can also set separate constraints (evidence and permission set) see CreateDomain for details.