Function luaH_getshortstr

depends/lua/src/ltable.c:539–553

** 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;
    }
  }
}


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