Is it possible / practical to use a Lua hash table outside of Lua?

Question

I need a hash table container in a C project that includes Lua. I am wondering if it is possible to use a hash table in Lua as a shared container. I looked at ltable.h, and all functions require a Lua state and seem to be tied to a Lua environment, so I assume this is impractical if the data should be independent of Lua.

Answer 1

This is possible, and the easiest way is to simply use the official C API for Lua. No need to dig inside the ltable.h.

Answer 2

luabind luabridge, , ++ (, stl-) Lua; Lua. , Lua Lua, .