protect ======= Routine to mark a function / variable as requiring safety --------------------------------------------------------- .. code-block:: cpp template auto protect( T&& value ); ``sol::protect( my_func )`` allows you to protect a function call or member variable call when it is being set to Lua. It can be used with usertypes or when just setting a function into Sol. Below is an example that demonstrates that a call that would normally not error without :doc:`Safety features turned on<../safety>` that instead errors and makes the Lua safety-call wrapper ``pcall`` fail: .. code-block:: cpp struct protect_me { int gen(int x) { return x; } }; sol::state lua; lua.open_libraries(sol::lib::base); lua.new_usertype("protect_me", "gen", sol::protect( &protect_me::gen ) ); lua.script(R"__( pm = protect_me.new() value = pcall(pm.gen,pm) )__"); ); bool value = lua["value"]; // value == false