Lua binary files?

[infinte]

Hi.
I'm thinking about a problem in destribution. Does love2d support lua "binery code"s generated by luac?
thanks.

[ivan]

It probably does. Lua's virtual machine executes both compiled and non-compiled code alike.
Are you sure your luac.exe output is correct?

[infinte]

It probably does. Lua's virtual machine executes both compiled and non-compiled code alike.
Are you sure your luac.exe output is correct?

I've compiled a lua file (library-level, .lua) into binary (.b) and love cannot require it.

[miko]

It probably does. Lua's virtual machine executes both compiled and non-compiled code alike.
Are you sure your luac.exe output is correct?

I've compiled a lua file (library-level, .lua) into binary (.b) and love cannot require it.

It needs the *.lua extension, unless you modify package.path. BTW, it will not work if the love was compiled with luajit (or: bytecode generated by lua and luajit are not interchangeable).

[infinte]

It probably does. Lua's virtual machine executes both compiled and non-compiled code alike.
Are you sure your luac.exe output is correct?

I've compiled a lua file (library-level, .lua) into binary (.b) and love cannot require it.

It needs the *.lua extension, unless you modify package.path. BTW, it will not work if the love was compiled with luajit (or: bytecode generated by lua and luajit are not interchangeable).

Changing `package.path` works! thanks.

[bartbes]

That is not a solution, since love ignores package.path, so when properly packaged it won't work. Instead, just name them with a lua extension. This, of course, raises the question why you would do such a thing in the first place.

[kikito]

Hi.
I'm thinking about a problem in destribution. Does love2d support lua "binery code"s generated by luac?
thanks.

Using compiled lua bytecode doesn't help distribution - Pretty much the opposite; your .love file isn't guaranteed to work in all platforms.

Your problem probably has to do more with encryption than distribution. Luac alone will not help you on that regard; there's a standard decompiler, called luaDec51, which will easily undo the compiling.