lupa 0.1

Simple wrapper around LuaJIT

Lupa

Lupa integrates the LuaJIT2 runtime into CPython. It is a partial rewrite of LunaticPython in Cython. Note that it is currently lacking many features and a lot of testing compared to LunaticPython, so if you need a production-ready Lua integration, use that instead.

The advantages over LunaticPython are:

• separate Lua runtime states through a LuaRuntime class

• supports Python 2.x and 3.x, potentially starting with Python 2.3 (currently untested)

• written for LuaJIT2, as opposed to the Lua interpreter (tested with LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta4)

• much easier to extend as it is written in Cython, not C

Installing lupa

1. Download and unpack lupa

   http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lupa

2. Download LuaJIT2

   http://luajit.org/download.html

3. Unpack the archive into the lupa base directory, e.g.:

   .../lupa-0.1/LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta4

4. Build LuaJIT:

   cd LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta4
   make
   cd ..

   If you need specific C compiler flags, pass them to make as follows:

   make CFLAGS="..."

5. Build lupa:

   python setup.py build

Lupa change log

0.1 (2010-07-12)

• first public release