Changeset

4651:d1739d72100a

moduleapi: Have modules internally store a reference to shared tables they use, to ensure they don't get collected while any module that had access to that table is still loaded (thanks Zash)
author Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com>
date Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:52:15 +0100
parents 4650:464ca74ddf6a
children 4652:9d24bc503621
files core/moduleapi.lua
diffstat 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/core/moduleapi.lua	Sat Apr 21 22:50:57 2012 +0100
+++ b/core/moduleapi.lua	Sat Apr 21 22:52:15 2012 +0100
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
 -- Intentionally does not allow the table at a path to be _set_, it
 -- is auto-created if it does not exist.
 function api:shared(...)
+	if not self.shared_data then self.shared_data = {}; end
 	local paths = { n = select("#", ...), ... };
 	local data_array = {};
 	local default_path_components = { self.host, self.name };
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@
 			shared_data[path] = shared;
 		end
 		t_insert(data_array, shared);
+		self.shared_data[path] = shared;
 	end
 	return unpack(data_array);
 end