for security reasons, one cannot change the tag of a udata
from Lua.
diff --git a/inout.c b/inout.c
index 574253c..0b36c70 100644
--- a/inout.c
+++ b/inout.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
** Also provides some predefined lua functions.
*/
-char *rcs_inout="$Id: inout.c,v 2.67 1997/06/23 18:27:53 roberto Exp roberto $";
+char *rcs_inout="$Id: inout.c,v 2.68 1997/06/26 20:47:43 roberto Exp roberto $";
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
static void luaIl_settag (void)
{
lua_Object o = lua_getparam(1);
- luaL_arg_check(o != LUA_NOOBJECT, 1, NULL);
+ luaL_arg_check(lua_istable(o), 1, "table expected");
lua_pushobject(o);
lua_settag(luaL_check_number(2));
}
diff --git a/manual.tex b/manual.tex
index 62fb7fe..747a3e8 100644
--- a/manual.tex
+++ b/manual.tex
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-% $Id: manual.tex,v 2.6 1997/06/26 20:39:10 roberto Exp roberto $
+% $Id: manual.tex,v 2.7 1997/06/27 18:39:34 roberto Exp roberto $
\documentstyle[fullpage,11pt,bnf]{article}
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
\tecgraf\ --- Computer Science Department --- PUC-Rio
}
-\date{\small \verb$Date: 1997/06/26 20:39:10 $}
+\date{\small \verb$Date: 1997/06/27 18:39:34 $}
\maketitle
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
as many different tags as needed \see{tag-method}.
Tags are created with the function \verb|newtag|,
and the function \verb|tag| returns the tag of a given value.
-To change the tag of a given userdata or table,
+To change the tag of a given table,
there is the function \verb|settag| \see{pdf-newtag}.
@@ -1723,12 +1723,12 @@
It receives one argument, and returns its tag (a number).
\verb|tag| is equivalent to the API function \verb|lua_tag|.
-\subsubsection*{\ff {\tt settag (o, tag)}}\Deffunc{settag}
-This function sets the tag of a given object \see{TypesSec}.
-The object \verb|o| must be a userdata or a table.
+\subsubsection*{\ff {\tt settag (t, tag)}}\Deffunc{settag}
+This function sets the tag of a given table \see{TypesSec}.
\verb|tag| must be a value created with \verb|newtag|
\see{pdf-newtag}.
-\verb|settag| is equivalent to the API function \verb|lua_settag|.
+For security reasons,
+it is impossible to change the tag of a userdata from Lua.
\subsubsection*{\ff {\tt assert (v)}}\Deffunc{assert}
This function issues an {\em ``assertion failed!''} error
