Hilbish/util/util.go

package util

import (
	"github.com/yuin/gopher-lua"
	rt "github.com/arnodel/golua/runtime"
)

// Document adds a documentation string to a module.
// It is accessible via the __doc metatable.
func Document(L *lua.LState, module lua.LValue, doc string) {
/*
	mt := L.GetMetatable(module)
	if mt == lua.LNil {
		mt = L.NewTable()
		L.SetMetatable(module, mt)
	}
	L.SetField(mt, "__doc", lua.LString(doc))
*/
}

// SetField sets a field in a table, adding docs for it.
// It is accessible via the __docProp metatable. It is a table of the names of the fields.
func SetField(rtm *rt.Runtime, module *rt.Table, field string, value rt.Value, doc string) {
	mt := module.Metatable()
	
	if mt == nil {
		mt = rt.NewTable()
		docProp := rt.NewTable()
		mt.Set(rt.StringValue("__docProp"), rt.TableValue(docProp))

		module.SetMetatable(mt)
	}
	docProp := mt.Get(rt.StringValue("__docProp"))

	docProp.AsTable().Set(rt.StringValue(field), rt.StringValue(doc))
	module.Set(rt.StringValue(field), value)
}