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allyourcodebase/lua

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lua build system ported to Build.zig

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Dependencies:
lua
zig fetch --save git+https://github.com/allyourcodebase/lua

Lua

5.4.7

Warning

due to a bug in the 0.13.0 release of the zig compiler you will need the development version of zig in order to build the lua54.dll on windows.

Build Instructions

To build all targets run 

zig build

Build Artifacts

Name Artifact
"lua" The main lua library
"lua_exe" The lua interpreter
"luac" The lua bytecode compiler

Compile Options

Name Type Description
release bool optimize for end users
shared bool build as shared library
use_readline bool readline support for linux

Using in a zig project

To add to a zig project run:

zig fetch --save https://github.com/allyourcodebase/lua/archive/refs/tags/5.4.7.tar.gz

then add the following to your build.zig 

const lua_dep = b.dependency("lua", .{
    .target = target,
    .release = optimize != .Debug,
});
const lua_lib = lua_dep.artifact("lua");