/* On the house :) */

extern "C"
{
#include "lua.h"
}

int cFunction(lua_State *luaState)
{
return 0;
}

const char luaScript[] =
"function luaFunction() cFunction() end";

/* This script loader is basically a reproduction of the
lauxlib function luaL_loadbuffer() */
typedef struct
{
const char *chunk;
size_t size;
} LuaChunk;

const char *luaChunkReader(lua_State *luaState, void *data, size_t *size)
{
LuaChunk *loadChunk = (LuaChunk *)data;
if (loadChunk != NULL && loadChunk->size != 0)
{
*size = loadChunk->size;
loadChunk->size = 0;
return loadChunk->chunk;
}
return NULL;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
lua_State *luaState;
LuaChunk luaChunk = { luaScript, sizeof(luaScript)-1 };

luaState = lua_open();

/* create a global variable called "cFunction"
containing the C function */
lua_pushstring(luaState, "cFunction");
lua_pushcfunction(luaState, cFunction);
lua_settable(luaState, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX);

lua_load(luaState, luaChunkReader, &luaChunk, "luaScript");
/* lua_load() compiles the script into a function */
/* call the function to run the script */
lua_call(luaState, 0, 0);

/* get the global function created by the script and call it */
lua_pushstring(luaState, "luaFunction");
lua_gettable(luaState, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX);
lua_call(luaState, 0, 0);

lua_close(luaState);
return 0;
}

[Edited by - corysama on March 16, 2005 1:32:52 AM]

Can't you just use a cross-compiler and build the libraries? What kind of processor do you have and which OS does the PPC run? I have a copy of Embedded Visual Studio 4 somewhere and could just compile it for the required target(s) if you want...