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Hello. I am looking at this project as a possible alternative for things like Is it possible, for example, to write a neovim plugin with nelua, then transpile it somehow, or compile it and then use that as a plugin? What limitations would I encounter? |
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Nelua transpiles to C and then to native, it cannot be required by Lua. The only way to use it is to make a binding using the Lua C-API, in this case, isn't any different from the traditional Lua libraries written in C. If you're using LuaJIT, it has a ffi module which, then, yes, you could import nelua code if your nelua code is being exported as a standalone C library: |
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That's more or less what I expected, but I also hoped there was already some machinery which would streamline the process, thanks! |
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I think it would be possible considering the meta-programming capabilities, but someone would need to code that first 😆 |
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Nelua transpiles to C and then to native, it cannot be required by Lua.
The only way to use it is to make a binding using the Lua C-API, in this case, isn't any different from the traditional Lua libraries written in C.
If you're using LuaJIT, it has a ffi module which, then, yes, you could import nelua code if your nelua code is being exported as a standalone C library:
https://nelua.io/overview/#exporting-named-c-functions