How is the state stored for "natural style" functions? Is this continuation styl... | Hacker News

Hacker Timesnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

jes5199 on May 21, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Zedshaw/Tir

How is the state stored for "natural style" functions? Is this continuation style something that Lua supports natively?

jmaygarden on May 21, 2012 [–]

Lua has built-in support of this functionality through coroutines [1]. Serializing the coroutines to a database does requires a library [2].

[1] http://lua-users.org/wiki/CoroutinesTutorial

[2] http://lua-users.org/wiki/PlutoLibrary

Consider applying for YC's Fall 2026 batch! Applications are open till July 27.
Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact