Function luaL_tolstring

extlibs/lua/src/lauxlib.c:859–894

LUALIB_API const char *luaL_tolstring (lua_State *L, int idx, size_t *len) {
  if (luaL_callmeta(L, idx, "__tostring")) {  /* metafield? */
    if (!lua_isstring(L, -1))
      luaL_error(L, "'__tostring' must return a string");
  }
  else {
    switch (lua_type(L, idx)) {
      case LUA_TNUMBER: {
        if (lua_isinteger(L, idx))
          lua_pushfstring(L, "%I", (LUAI_UACINT)lua_tointeger(L, idx));
        else
          lua_pushfstring(L, "%f", (LUAI_UACNUMBER)lua_tonumber(L, idx));
        break;
      }
      case LUA_TSTRING:
        lua_pushvalue(L, idx);
        break;
      case LUA_TBOOLEAN:
        lua_pushstring(L, (lua_toboolean(L, idx) ? "true" : "false"));
        break;
      case LUA_TNIL:
        lua_pushliteral(L, "nil");
        break;
      default: {
        int tt = luaL_getmetafield(L, idx, "__name");  /* try name */
        const char *kind = (tt == LUA_TSTRING) ? lua_tostring(L, -1) :
                                                 luaL_typename(L, idx);
        lua_pushfstring(L, "%s: %p", kind, lua_topointer(L, idx));
        if (tt != LUA_TNIL)
          lua_remove(L, -2);  /* remove '__name' */
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  return lua_tolstring(L, -1, len);
}


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