loadstring

[dugasz1]

Hello!

So i want to load external lua files in my resource and i do it with loadstring (Link).
Like this:
 

function loadLuaFile( path )
    local file = fileOpen(path, true)
    if (not file) then
        outputChatBox("Failed")
        return
    else
        local string = ""
        local buffer
        while not fileIsEOF(file) do
            buffer = fileRead(file, 100)
            if (buffer) then 
                string = string .. buffer
            end
        end
        loadstring(string)()
    end
    fileClose(file)
end

Loading a few script:

loadLuaFile(":shared/oop.lua")
loadLuaFile(":shared/test1.lua")
loadLuaFile(":shared/test2.lua")

 

And i found a wierd thing. It doesn't matter how many lua files i load in, the memory usage in performancebrowser doesn't change. Is it a bug? Or somehow its recognize this code was loaded in another resource?

[NeXuS™]

I don't think it's a bug, as the performancebrowser works perfectly (or maybe works perfectly whenever I use it). Maybe it does recognized that it is already in memory and it doesn't need to be loaded again.

[NeXuS™]

But let's wait for someone's answer.

[dugasz1]

Yeah it might be an optimization. 

[Hoffmann]

It works for me if I load script again and again, current Lua memory will change

Spoiler

http://imgur.com/a/XNVys

.

function loadScript(stringCode)
  local code = loadstring(stringCode)
  setfenv(0, newENV)

  local executeCode = pcall(code)
  if executeCode then
    outputChatBox("Code has been loaded.")
end

 

Edited August 16, 2017 by NeverUnbeatable

[dugasz1]

I used the performancebrowser online interface. Maybe because of that. How can i open it ingame?

I don't really get setfenv(0,newENV). Can you please explane it for me? Kindy get how Lua's environments work but what is this 0 means:
"As a special case, when f is 0 setfenv changes the environment of the running thread. In this case, setfenv returns no values."

Why is it good? What is it for?

[Hoffmann]

26 minutes ago, dugasz1 said:

I used the performancebrowser online interface. Maybe because of that. How can i open it ingame?

I don't really get setfenv(0,newENV). Can you please explane it for me? Kindy get how Lua's environments work but what is this 0 means:
"As a special case, when f is 0 setfenv changes the environment of the running thread. In this case, setfenv returns no values."

Why is it good? What is it for?

I will try to explain how it works. Every function has it's own environment containing variables to which function has access. But as you're using loadstring it returns function that could be called by func() or pcall(func) and this function's environment would be set to global state(_G) by default. Because of that, if you're loading scripts from maps made by people, they will be able to call any function or trigger any event, finally, ruin your server. Function environment won't let do that, because you can manage what functions can script use. For instance,

local code = "a = 6 outputChatBox(a)"
local loadedCode = loadstring(code) -- returns function. loadedCode() will also work to call this code
local newEnv = {outputChatBox = outputChatBox} -- we put function to use it in code

setfenv(loadedCode, newEnv) -- now this code is safe and can't access _G 
local executedCode = pcall(loadedCode)
if executedCode then
  outputDebugString("Code loaded!", 3)
end

About perfomancebrowser, run ipb resource and use /ipb to open ingame browser.

 

Also useful posts by Arezu:

 

Hope, I helped a bit.

[dugasz1]

Thank you (and Arezu ) it clear things up. So an envirement is kindy a scope.

(I don't need to worry about the security the loaded script will be my scripts but at least i know more)