lua-gcfn

gcfn create the finalizer object.

Installation

luarocks install gcfn

Usage

local gcfn = require('gcfn')

-- create new gcfn object
local gco = gcfn(function(...)
    print(...)
end, 'a', 'b', 'c' )

gco = nil
collectgarbage('collect')
print('done')

gco = gcfn( fn [, ...] )

create a new gc fucntion object.

Parameters

• fn:function: a function to execute when GC occurs.
• ...: : arguments of function

Returns

• gco:gcfn: gcfn object.

gco:disable()

disable the invocation of GC function.

gco:enable()

enable the invocation of GC function.

gco:errfunc( fn, ... )

sets the error function to be called when the GC function fails.

Parameters

• fn:function: a function.
• ...: : arguments of function.

NOTE

The error object err is passed afterthe the arguments ....