New Lua examples - Mark Gossage patch #1295168

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SWIG/Examples/lua/pointer/runme.lua

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+---- importing ----
+if string.sub(_VERSION,1,7)=='Lua 5.0' then
+	-- lua5.0 doesnt have a nice way to do this
+	lib=loadlib('example.dll','Example_Init') or loadlib('example.so','Example_Init')
+	assert(lib)()
+else
+	-- lua 5.1 does
+	require('example')
+end
+
+-- First create some objects using the pointer library.
+print("Testing the pointer library")
+a = example.new_intp()
+b = example.new_intp()
+c = example.new_intp()
+example.intp_assign(a,37)
+example.intp_assign(b,42)
+
+print("     a = "..tostring(a))
+print("     b = "..tostring(b))
+print("     c = "..tostring(c))
+
+-- Call the add() function with some pointers
+example.add(a,b,c)
+
+-- Now get the result
+r = example.intp_value(c)
+print("     37 + 42 = "..r)
+
+-- Clean up the pointers
+-- since this is C-style pointers you must clean it up
+example.delete_intp(a)
+example.delete_intp(b)
+example.delete_intp(c)
+
+-- Now try the typemap library
+-- This should be much easier. Now how it is no longer
+-- necessary to manufacture pointers.
+
+print("Trying the typemap library")
+r = example.sub(37,42)
+print("     37 - 42 = "..r)
+
+-- Now try the version with multiple return values
+
+print("Testing multiple return values")
+q,r = example.divide(42,37)
+print("     42/37 = "..q.." remainder "..r)