When one uses the tostring function on a table or function, does the hexadecimal code that follows 'table: ' or 'function: ' represent the memory address of the table/function, or is it merely a hash?
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does tostring on tables and functions give a hash or a memory address
Started by Pharap, Nov 04 2012 04:59 AM
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Posted 04 November 2012 - 07:37 AM
If it is a memory location, it is merely an implementation detail. The number is only a unique ID according to the spec.
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Posted 04 November 2012 - 02:10 PM
Just wondering out of interest, it would be useful to know for a project I'm working on.
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Posted 04 November 2012 - 02:18 PM
you mean using cheat engine, right? 
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Posted 04 November 2012 - 02:56 PM
I have no clue what that would even be.
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 07:25 AM
I know it is the memory location in the standard C implementation of Lua, but I dunno about JLua... it runs on the JVM, which could seriously obscure some lower level stuff like that.
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 11:35 AM
I would assume it's the same, but Java likes to be different from the C-likes, so it's always possible it's something else.
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Posted 06 November 2012 - 12:17 AM
Best way to find out is to look at the LuaJ Docs/Code.
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