FFI Experiments

C++ + luajit FFI = horrible cross-platform messes.

BadMutex

A global mutex.

PreciseTimer

Measure times down to the nanosecond. Except not really.

DownloadManager

Download things with libcurl without blocking Lua.

requireffi

Load C libraries using package.path.

Building

The preferred build system is meson, but a basic makefile is also provided for those who do not wish to install it.

You will need:

• A recent version of meson.
• A working c99 compiler.
• A working c++11 compiler.
• A working Moonscript compiler.
• Either libcurl installed in some place meson/your linker will think to look for it or, on Windows and OSX, a working CMake installation.

Building on OSX and Linux should be as simple as running the following:

cd /path/to/ffi-experiments
meson build
meson compile -C build

If you are on Windows, you should do this from the relevant VS native tools command prompt.

Should you wish to statically link dependencies, simply include -Ddefault_library=static with the meson build command.