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## Introduction
The hilbish.module interface provides a function
to load Hilbish plugins/modules.
Hilbish modules are Go-written plugins (see https://pkg.go.dev/plugin)
that are used to add functionality to Hilbish that cannot be written
in Lua for any reason.
The hilbish.module interface provides a function to load
Hilbish plugins/modules. Hilbish modules are Go-written
plugins (see https://pkg.go.dev/plugin) that are used to add functionality
to Hilbish that cannot be written in Lua for any reason.
To make a valid native module, the Go plugin
has to export a Loader function with a signature like so:
`func(*rt.Runtime) rt.Value`.
Note that you don't ever need to use the load function that is here as
modules can be loaded with a `require` call like Lua C modules, and the
search paths can be changed with the `paths` property here.
To make a valid native module, the Go plugin has to export a Loader function
with a signature like so: `func(*rt.Runtime) rt.Value`.
`rt` in this case refers to the Runtime type at
https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/arnodel/golua@master/runtime#Runtime
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Hilbish uses this package as its Lua runtime. You will need to read
it to use it for a native plugin.
Here is some code for an example plugin:
```go
package main
import (
rt "github.com/arnodel/golua/runtime"
)
func Loader(rtm *rt.Runtime) rt.Value {
return rt.StringValue("hello world!")
}
```
This can be compiled with `go build -buildmode=plugin plugin.go`.
If you attempt to require and print the result (`print(require 'plugin')`), it will show "hello world!"
## Interface fields
- `paths`: A list of paths to search when loading native modules. This is in the style of Lua search paths and will be used when requiring native modules. Example: `?.so;?/?.so`