Lua script file management method by using package system

Abstract

The invention provides a Lua script file management method by using a package system. In the method, each Lua script file corresponds to a package and each package is allocated with an unique identification (ID) and provided with a parents table for storing IDs of packages contained in the current package and a name table for storing names of objects cited by the current package; and the packages are further configured to mutual independence among the packages and one-way connections called 'include' are created among the packages through a specific application program interface (API). Compared with the prior art, the method provided by the invention has the advantages that the memory use efficiency and the execution efficiency are guaranteed, objects with the same names in different files cannot conflict mutually, different Lua script files can be communicated by data sharing through a specific mechanism, and the compatibility is still remained in grammar level.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a script language, in particular to a lua script file management method using a package mechanism. Background technique [0002] On the server side and client side of online games, it is usually necessary to apply lua scripting technology. These lua codes are usually distributed in a large number of lua scripts, so these lua scripts need a mechanism to manage them. This mechanism needs to meet the following requirements: [0003] 1. Can manage multiple lua scripts, these lua scripts must be loaded in the same lua virtual machine for communication; [0004] 2. Different lua scripts need to be able to communicate with each other and must maintain a certain degree of independence. [0005] Lua itself provides a certain mechanism to manage multiple lua script files, but it has serious limitations that prevent it from being directly used in game products: [0006] 1. Although lua itself provides a module mechanism, which can ens...

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[0004] 2. Different lua scripts need to be able to communicate with each other and must maintain a certain degree of independence

[0005] Lua itself provides a certain mechanism to manage multiple lua script files, but it has serious limitations that prevent it from being directly used in game products:

[0006] 1. Although lua itself provides a module mechanism, which can ensure that a script file is loaded once, objects with the same name in different files will conflict with each other;

[0007] 2. There is no obvious relationship between different files, which is not conducive to the organization of program logic relationships

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