sol2/docs/source/api/as_table.rst
ThePhD 866a2973ac [ci skip ] Updates to documentation for function arguments and some clarifications in usertype_memory specification.
That's... that's it, really. Also, there's a new warning in `sol::as_table`, because people kept trying to slap it on class bindings and that's not what it was for, damnit.
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as_table
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make sure an object is pushed as a table
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.. code-block:: cpp
template <typename T>
as_table_t { ... };
template <typename T>
as_table_t<T> as_function ( T&& container );
This function serves the purpose of ensuring that an object is pushed -- if possible -- like a table into Lua. The container passed here can be a pointer, a reference, a ``std::reference_wrapper`` around a container, or just a plain container value. It must have a begin/end function, and if it has a ``std::pair<Key, Value>`` as its ``value_type``, it will be pushed as a dictionary. Otherwise, it's pushed as a sequence.
.. code-block:: cpp
sol::state lua;
lua.open_libraries();
lua.set("my_table", sol::as_table(std::vector<int>{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }));
lua.script("for k, v in ipairs(my_table) do print(k, v) assert(k == v) end");
Note that any caveats with Lua tables apply the moment it is serialized, and the data cannot be gotten out back out in C++ as a C++ type without explicitly using the ``as_table_t`` marker for your get and conversion operations using Sol.
This marker does NOT apply to :doc:`usertypes<usertype>`.