Calling lua functions from .lua's using handles?

Question

I\'m working on a small project trying to integrate lua with c++. My problem however is as follows:

I have multiple lua scripts, lets call them s1.lua s2.lua and s3.

Answer 1

The setfenv() function can be used to create a sandbox or environment for each file loaded.

This example shows that all three files could be loaded with conflicting functions and that the functions can be called in any order. Similar code could be written in C++. This example only exports the print function to each environment, more might be needed in your scenario.

function newEnv()
  -- creates a simple environment
  return {["print"]=print}
end

local e={} -- environment table
local c    -- chunk variable

-- first instance
c = loadstring([[function f() print("1") end]])
e[#e+1] = newEnv()
setfenv(c, e[#e]) -- set the loaded chunk's environment
pcall(c) -- process the chunk (places the function into the enviroment)

-- second instance
c = loadstring([[function f() print("2") end]])
e[#e+1] = newEnv()
setfenv(c, e[#e])
pcall(c)

-- third instance
c = loadstring([[function f() print("3") end]])
e[#e+1] = newEnv()
setfenv(c, e[#e])
pcall(c)

pcall(e[3].f) --> 3
pcall(e[2].f) --> 2
pcall(e[1].f) --> 1
pcall(e[1].f) --> 1
pcall(e[2].f) --> 2
pcall(e[3].f) --> 3