Diluculum

Diluculum is a library that intends to make the coexistence of C++ and Lua more harmonious. In this regard, it offers essentially three "services":

• A nice way to access data stored in a Lua interpreter.
• A not so bad way to write functions in C++ and make them available to Lua.
• A limited and just barely usable way to register C++ classes and objects in a Lua state.

Assorted facts about Diluculum

• is fully documented. In particular, check the User's Guide for some examples of use. (There is also a Russian version of the User's Guide, provided by Dmitriy Shmikov).
• has unit tests for everything in it.
• requires Lua 5.1. It will not compile with Lua 5.0.
• was tested only under Linux with GCC 3.4.x, but should be reasonably portable. (It was reported to work under Windows with MinGW.)
• depends on Lua and Boost.
• has a build system based on SCons, but has some alternative build systems as bonus (including a Makefile for Linux/GCC).
• is distributed under the MIT license (the same as Lua).
• means something like "dawn" or "daybreak" in Latin, according to a dictionary I consulted some day.

Latest version

Latest version is 0.4, released on 02007-02-06. It can be downloaded here: Diluculum-0.4.tar.gz. Changes from the previous version:

• When exporting C++ classes to Lua, it is no longer necessary to call two macros for each exported method.
• Added support for creating dynamically loadable modules (those Lua modules stored in a dynamic library, which is loaded when the Lua programmer says require "MyModule").

Old versions

• Diluculum 0.3.1 (Diluculum-0.3.1.tar.gz, 02006-07-26).
  • Fixed a small (not so small, depending on how you see it...) error in the definition of the DILUCULUM_REGISTER_OBJECT() macro.
  • Added a Makefile for Linux/GCC.
  • Added a Code Blocks project file, contributed by Hakki Dogusan.
• Diluculum 0.3 (Diluculum-0.3.tar.gz, 02006-07-03).
  • The first public release.

Contact

Diluculum is developed by Leandro Motta Barros. The preferred channel to talk about Diluculum is its mailing list. Anyway, if you really, really want to contact the author directly, send your inquiries to

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