Function luaH_getshortstr

xrepo/packages/l/lua/port/lua/src/ltable.c:756–769

** 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_VSHRSTR);
  for (;;) {  /* check whether 'key' is somewhere in the chain */
    if (keyisshrstr(n) && eqshrstr(keystrval(n), key))
      return gval(n);  /* that's it */
    else {
      int nx = gnext(n);
      if (nx == 0)
        return &absentkey;  /* not found */
      n += nx;
    }
  }
}


const TValue *luaH_getstr (Table *t, TString *key) {