Re: [wxlua-users] Simple wxLua web access?

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lostgallifreyan wrote:
> Andreas Krinke wrote:
>> You should be able to use binaries for Lua [1]. In the Lua for
>> Windows package there is a wlua.exe that doesn't pop up a console
>> window (if I remember correctly).
> 
> I'll check that out. Very useful. I also think that TCC might be
> persuaded to compile such that Lua runs without a console. I didn't
> explore because at the time I think it demanded more than I knew.
> Probably still does but next time I look at using TCC I'll try that.

http://luabinaries.luaforge.net/manual.html says LuaBinaries provides a
wlua5.1.exe without a console, so no need for Lua for Windows.

> One thing I read yesterday was that Windows can have
> difficulties with socketry that isn't done in the main thread, but as
> far as I know, in wxLua the message loop means event driven
> conditions allow many connections to be handled without
> multithreading. Is it as simple and efficient as it sounds, or am I
> missing something I need to know at the outset before trying things?

Sorry, can't help you with that.

> One other thing just cropped up.. While I was writing this, I'd left
> wxLua running the above code, and some time after I'd closed Firefox
> a wxLua error message came up stating that variable 'client' had
> become a nil value when indexed on line 15 (client:Read(1)). Any
> advice on prevention?

Try this change:

local client = socket:Accept(true)
if client then
  repeat
    data[#data+1] = client:Read(1)
  until data[#data] == "\n"
  print(table.concat(data))
  client:Write([[
<html>
  <body>
    <h1>wxLua Proxy Test</h1>
  </body>
</html>
  ]])
  client:Close()
end