Lua improvements - Mark Gossage patch #1295168

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Lib/lua/std_except.i

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+// Typemaps used by the STL wrappers that throw exceptions.
+// These typemaps are used when methods are declared with an STL exception specification, such as
+//   size_t at() const throw (std::out_of_range);
+
+%{
+#include <stdexcept>
+%}
+%include "exception.i"
+
+%typemap(throws) std::out_of_range %{
+SWIG_exception(SWIG_IndexError, $1.what()); %}
+
+%typemap(throws) std::exception %{
+SWIG_exception(SWIG_SystemError, $1.what()); %}
+
+%typemap(throws) std::exception& %{
+SWIG_exception(SWIG_SystemError, ($1)->what()); %}

Lib/lua/std_string.i

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+/***********************************************************************
+ * std_string.i
+ *
+ *     std::string typemaps for LUA
+ *
+ * Author : Mark Gossage (mark@gossage.cjb.net)
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+%{
+	#include <string>
+%}
+/*
+Only std::string and const std::string& are typemaped
+they are converted to the Lua strings automatically
+
+eg.
+
+std::string test_value(std::string x) {
+   return x;
+}
+
+can be used as
+
+s="hello world"
+s2=test_value(s)
+assert(s==s2)
+
+*/
+%typemap(in,checkfn="lua_isstring") std::string
+%{$1 = (char*)lua_tostring(L, $input);%}
+
+%typemap(out) std::string
+%{  lua_pushstring(L,$1.c_str()); SWIG_arg++;%}
+
+%typemap(in,checkfn="lua_isstring")	const std::string& (std::string temp)
+%{temp=(char*)lua_tostring(L, $input); $1=&temp;%}
+%typemap(out) const std::string&
+%{  lua_pushstring(L,$1->c_str()); SWIG_arg++;%}
+
+%typemap(throws) std::string,const std::string&
+%{lua_pushstring(L,$1.c_str());
+SWIG_fail; %}
+
+/*
+std::string& can be wrappered, but you must inform SWIG if it is in or out
+
+eg:
+void fn(std::string& str);
+Is this an in/out/inout value?
+
+Therefore you need the usual
+%apply (std::string& INOUT) {(std::string& str)};
+or
+%apply std::string& INOUT {std::string& str};
+typemaps to tell SWIG what to do.
+*/
+
+%typemap(in) std::string &INPUT=const std::string &;
+%typemap(in, numinputs=0) std::string &OUTPUT (std::string temp)
+%{ $1 = &temp; %}
+%typemap(argout) std::string &OUTPUT
+%{  lua_pushstring(L,$1.c_str()); SWIG_arg++;%}
+%typemap(in) std::string &INOUT =const std::string &;
+%typemap(argout) std::string &INOUT = std::string &OUTPUT;
+
+/*
+For const std::string* and std::string* is not clear
+is this a pointer or an array?
+
+Therefore just leaving it as is
+(there is some rough code below which could be used if needed
+
+// SWIG wraps const ref's as pointer
+// typemaps to deal with this and const ptrs
+%typemap(in,checkfn="lua_isstring")
+	const std::string& INPUT(std::string temp),
+	const std::string* INPUT(std::string temp)
+%{temp=(char*)lua_tostring(L, $input); $1=&temp;%}
+%typemap(out) const std::string&, const std::string*
+%{  lua_pushstring(L,$1->c_str()); SWIG_arg++;%}
+
+// the non-const pointer version
+%typemap(in) std::string *INPUT=const std::string *INPUT;
+%typemap(in, numinputs=0) std::string *OUTPUT (std::string temp)
+%{ $1 = &temp; %}
+%typemap(argout) std::string *OUTPUT
+%{  lua_pushstring(L,$1->c_str()); SWIG_arg++;%}
+%typemap(in) std::string *INOUT = std::string *INPUT;
+%typemap(argout) std::string *INOUT = std::string *OUTPUT;
+
+*/
+
+/*
+A really cut down version of the string class
+
+This provides basic mapping of lua strings <-> std::string
+and little else
+(the std::string has a lot of unneeded functions anyway)
+
+*/
+namespace std {
+
+    class string {
+      public:
+        string();
+        string(const char*);
+        string(const string&);
+        unsigned int size() const;
+        unsigned int length() const;
+        bool empty() const;
+        // no support for operator[]
+        const char* c_str()const;
+        const char* data()const;
+        // assign does not return a copy of this object
+        // (no point in a scripting language)
+        void assign(const char*);
+        void assign(const string&);
+        // no support for all the other features
+        // its probably better to do it in lua
+    };
+}
+

Lib/lua/std_vector.i

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+/***********************************************************************
+ * std_vector.i
+ *
+ *     std::vector typemaps for LUA
+ *
+ * Author : Mark Gossage (mark@gossage.cjb.net)
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+%{
+#include <vector>
+%}
+%include <std_except.i> // the general exepctions
+/*
+A really cut down version of the vector class.
+
+Note: this does not match the true std::vector class
+but instead is an approximate, so that SWIG knows how to wrapper it.
+(Eg, all access is by value, not ref, as SWIG turns refs to pointers)
+
+And no support for iterators & insert/erase
+
+It would be useful to have a vector<->Lua table conversion routine
+
+*/
+namespace std {
+
+	template<class T>
+    class vector {
+      public:
+        vector();
+        vector(unsigned int);
+        vector(const vector&);
+        vector(unsigned int,T);
+        unsigned int size() const;
+        unsigned int max_size() const;
+        bool empty() const;
+        void clear();
+        void push_back(T val);
+        void pop_back();
+        T front()const; // only read front & back
+        T back()const;  // not write to them
+        // operator [] given later:
+
+		%extend // this is a extra bit of SWIG code
+		{
+			// [] is replaced by __getitem__ & __setitem__
+			// simply throws a string, which causes a lua error
+			T __getitem__(unsigned int idx) throw (std::out_of_range)
+			{
+				if (idx>=self->size())
+					throw std::out_of_range("in vector::__getitem__()");
+				return (*self)[idx];
+			}
+			void __setitem__(unsigned int idx,T val) throw (std::out_of_range)
+			{
+				if (idx>=self->size())
+					throw std::out_of_range("in vector::__setitem__()");
+				(*self)[idx]=val;
+			}
+		};
+    };
+
+}
+
+/*
+Vector<->LuaTable fns
+These look a bit like the array<->LuaTable fns
+but are templated, not %defined
+(you must have template support for STL)
+
+*/
+/*
+%{
+// reads a table into a vector of numbers
+// lua numbers will be cast into the type required (rounding may occur)
+// return 0 if non numbers found in the table
+// returns new'ed ptr if ok
+template<class T>
+std::vector<T>* SWIG_read_number_vector(lua_State* L,int index)
+{
+	int i=0;
+	std::vector<T>* vec=new std::vector<T>();
+	while(1)
+	{
+		lua_rawgeti(L,index,i+1);
+		if (!lua_isnil(L,-1))
+		{
+			lua_pop(L,1);
+			break;	// finished
+		}
+		if (!lua_isnumber(L,-1))
+		{
+			lua_pop(L,1);
+			delete vec;
+			return 0;	// error
+		}
+		vec->push_back((T)lua_tonumber(L,-1));
+		lua_pop(L,1);
+		++i;
+	}
+	return vec;	// ok
+}
+// writes a vector of numbers out as a lua table
+template<class T>
+int SWIG_write_number_vector(lua_State* L,std::vector<T> *vec)
+{
+	lua_newtable(L);
+	for(int i=0;i<vec->size();++i)
+	{
+		lua_pushnumber(L,(double)((*vec)[i]));
+		lua_rawseti(L,-2,i+1);// -1 is the number, -2 is the table
+	}
+}
+%}
+
+// then the typemaps
+
+%define SWIG_TYPEMAP_NUM_VECTOR(T)
+
+// in
+%typemap(in) std::vector<T> *INPUT
+%{	$1 = SWIG_read_number_vector<T>(L,$input);
+	if (!$1) SWIG_fail;%}
+
+%typemap(freearg) std::vector<T> *INPUT
+%{	delete $1;%}
+
+// out
+%typemap(argout) std::vector<T> *OUTPUT
+%{	SWIG_write_number_vector(L,$1); SWIG_arg++; %}
+
+%enddef
+*/