Function luaH_getshortstr

src/Chain/libraries/glua/ltable.cpp:654–668

** search function for short strings */

** search function for short strings
*/
const TValue *luaH_getshortstr(Table *t, TString *key) {
    Node *n = hashstr(t, key);
    lua_assert(key->tt == LUA_TSHRSTR);
    for (;;) {  /* check whether 'key' is somewhere in the chain */
        const TValue *k = gkey(n);
        if (ttisshrstring(k) && eqshrstr(tsvalue(k), key))
            return gval(n);  /* that's it */
        else {
            int nx = gnext(n);
            if (nx == 0)
                return luaO_nilobject;  /* not found */
            n += nx;
        }
    }
}


/*