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Go bindings for Lua C API - in progress

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pygy_·May 14, 2013

The Lua issue is weird. The bindings are maintained (last update one month ago), and the repo provides its own Lua source files (but the API of minor versions of Lua is stable, so it shouldn't matter). They should file an issue on GitHub. https://github.com/xenith-studios/golua/issues

In Indie game Haunts unable to compile its Go code

iand·May 14, 2013

I used go get on the source code and the errors are caused by dependencies on 2 C libraries: opengl and lua. Basically the Go bindings for the C libraries are out of date and/or unmaintained. Sample output: # github.com/runningwild/glop/gos /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lglop collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status # github.com/runningwild/opengl/gl gl.go:142: cannot use _Ctype_GLint(mapsize) (type C.GLint) as type C.GLsizei in function argument gl.go:147: cannot use _Ctype_GLint(mapsize) (type C.GLint) as type C.GLsizei in function argument gl.go:152: cannot use _Ctype_GLint(mapsize) (type C.GLint) as type C.GLsizei in function argument gl.go:158: cannot use _Ctype_GLenum(internalformat) (type C.GLenum) as type C.GLint in function argument gl.go:164: cannot use _Ctype_GLenum(internalformat) (type C.GLen

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um) as type C.GLint in function argument gl.go:170: cannot use _Ctype_GLenum(internalformat) (type C.GLenum) as type C.GLint in function argument /usr/bin/ld: Warning: size of symbol `luaX_tokens' changed from 8 in $WORK/github.com/xenith-studios/golua/_obj/lcode.o to 256 in $WORK/github.com/xenith-studios/golua/_obj/llex.o /usr/bin/ld: Warning: size of symbol `luaT_typenames' changed from 8 in $WORK/github.com/xenith-studios/golua/_obj/lapi.o to 88 in $WORK/github.com/xenith-studios/golua/_obj/ltm.o # github.com/xenith-studios/golua /usr/bin/ld: Warning: size of symbol `luaX_tokens' changed from 8 in $WORK/github.com/xenith-studios/golua/_obj/lcode.o to 256 in $WORK/github.com/xenith-studios/golua/_obj/llex.o /usr/bin/ld: Warning: size of symbol `luaT_typenames' changed from 8 in $WORK/github.com/xenith-studios/golua/_obj/lapi.o to 88 in $WORK/github.com/xenith-studios/golua/_obj/ltm.o Seems like a familiar problem that every similar language encounters when using bindings to native code, not just a Go issue.

In Indie game Haunts unable to compile its Go code