Nift - lua_addnsmfns

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The syntax for lua_addnsmfns calls is:

f++:

lua_addnsmfns()

n++:

@lua_addnsmfns()

The lua_addnsmfns function adds the following Nift specific functions to Lua:

syntax	example	about
nsm_setnumber(string / lightuserdata, number)	nsm_setnumber("i", 0)	set Nift variable from number
nsm_setstring(string / lightuserdata, string)	nsm_setstring("str", "hello!")	set Nift variable from string
nsm_tolightuserdata(string)	nsm_tolightuserdata("x")	get pointer to Nift variable
nsm_tonumber(string)	nsm_tonumber("i")	get number from Nift variable
nsm_tostring(string)	nsm_tostring("str")	get string from Nift variable
nsm_write(ostream, params)	nsm_write(console, "x: ", x, endl)	write to console, output file (ofile), or a stream
syntax	example	about

Example of lua_addnsmfns being used with f++:

:=(int, x=10)
lua_addnsmfns
lua
{
	nsm_write(console, "x: ", nsm_tonumber("x"), endl)
}

Example of lua_addnsmfns being used with n++:

@:=(int, x=10)
@lua_addnsmfns
@lua
{
	nsm_write(console, "x: ", nsm_tonumber("x"), endl)
}