LuaInterface: add a table to the script scope

Question

Question: how can I insert a table from C# into 'LuaInterface' script scope using a C# object (preferably anonymous type)?

/// I want to do this, but it does not work 
/// (complains that 'test' is userdata and not table 
/// when I pass it to pairs() in the script)
//lua["test"] = new { A = 1, B = 2 };

/// another option
/// but building this string is a PITA (actual string is nested and long).
lua.DoString("test = { A = 1, B = 2 }");

// So I have to do this
lua.NewTable("test");
((LuaTable) lua["test"])["A"] = 1;
((LuaTable) lua["test"])["B"] = 2;

lua.DoString("for k,v in pairs(test) do print(k..': '..v) end");

Answer 1

You could fill a C# Dictionary with the keys and values you want to put inside the table. Then do what you're doing in the "I have to..." section, but inside a foreach loop.

Untested code:

var test = new Dictionary<string, int> {
    { "A", 1 },
    { "B", 2 }
};

foreach (var entry in test)
{
    ((LuaTable) lua]["test"])[entry.Key] = entry.Value;
}

I'd refactor this basic idea into a generic class for added flexibility.