Environment variable for readline library name

The name of the readline library can be changed from its default value
through environment variable LUA_READLINELIB.
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Roberto I
2026-01-30 16:47:33 -03:00
parent efbc297545
commit c6b4848238
2 changed files with 40 additions and 7 deletions

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lua.c
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@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
#define LUA_INIT_VAR "LUA_INIT"
#endif
/* Name of the environment variable with the name of the readline library */
#if !defined(LUA_RLLIB_VAR)
#define LUA_RLLIB_VAR "LUA_READLINELIB"
#endif
#define LUA_INITVARVERSION LUA_INIT_VAR LUA_VERSUFFIX
@@ -507,18 +513,24 @@ static void lua_freeline (char *line) {
#include <dlfcn.h>
static void lua_initreadline (lua_State *L) {
void *lib = dlopen(LUA_READLINELIB, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL);
if (lib == NULL)
lua_warning(L, "library '" LUA_READLINELIB "' not found", 0);
else {
const char *rllib = l_getenv(LUA_RLLIB_VAR); /* name of readline library */
void *lib; /* library handle */
if (rllib == NULL) /* no environment variable? */
rllib = LUA_READLINELIB; /* use default name */
lib = dlopen(rllib, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL);
if (lib != NULL) {
const char **name = cast(const char**, dlsym(lib, "rl_readline_name"));
if (name != NULL)
*name = "lua";
l_readline = cast(l_readlineT, cast_func(dlsym(lib, "readline")));
l_addhist = cast(l_addhistT, cast_func(dlsym(lib, "add_history")));
if (l_readline == NULL)
lua_warning(L, "unable to load 'readline'", 0);
if (l_readline != NULL) /* could load readline function? */
return; /* everything ok */
/* else emit a warning */
}
lua_warning(L, "unable to load readline library '", 1);
lua_warning(L, rllib, 1);
lua_warning(L, "'", 0);
}
#else /* }{ */