Or you can use a module made for this task: http://labix.org/lunatic-python
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lupa On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Arnaud Delobelle <arno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm looking for a way to run Lua scripts in Python, and also send and > > receive data between the two. Something like lunatic-python [1] would > > be ideal. However, so far I haven't been able to build it on the > > machines it's supposed to run on (macs with OS X Lion) and it seems to > > be dormant. > > > > My requirements are stock OS X Python (which is 2.7) and Lua 5.2. I'm > > looking for either a way to make lunatic-python work or another tool > > that would do the job. > > The simple approach would be to run the Lua scripts with the > subprocess module, using JSON (or something equally accessible) as an > interchange format. > > If you need to embed the Lua interpreter in the Python process, and > you can't get an existing third-party module to work, consider rolling > your own C module for the purpose. My recollection of working with > Lua is that it's a very easy language to embed. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
