running Lua in Python

[Alec Taylor]

Or you can use a module made for this task:

http://labix.org/lunatic-python

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lupa

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm looking for a way to run Lua scripts in Python, and also send and
> > receive data between the two.  Something like lunatic-python [1] would
> > be ideal.  However, so far I haven't been able to build it on the
> > machines it's supposed to run on (macs with OS X Lion) and it seems to
> > be dormant.
> >
> > My requirements are stock OS X Python (which is 2.7) and Lua 5.2.  I'm
> > looking for either a way to make lunatic-python work or another tool
> > that would do the job.
>
> The simple approach would be to run the Lua scripts with the
> subprocess module, using JSON (or something equally accessible) as an
> interchange format.
>
> If you need to embed the Lua interpreter in the Python process, and
> you can't get an existing third-party module to work, consider rolling
> your own C module for the purpose.  My recollection of working with
> Lua is that it's a very easy language to embed.
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