1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
index 84edd27..89e9d38 100644
--- a/src/util/util.c
+++ b/src/util/util.c
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #include <lua.h>
+#include <lauxlib.h>
+#include <honeysuckle.h>
 
 void append_table(lua_State *L, int tbl_a, int tbl_b)
 {
@@ -10,3 +12,46 @@ void append_table(lua_State *L, int tbl_a, int tbl_b)
 		lua_pop(L, 1);
 	}
 }
+
+
+const char *canary_tname = "honey.canary";
+
+int gc_canary(lua_State *L);
+int gc_canary_collect(lua_State *L);
+
+void setup_util(lua_State *L, int honey_tbl)
+{
+	/* create gc_canary metatable */
+	luaL_newmetatable(L, canary_tname);
+	lua_pushcfunction(L, gc_canary_collect);
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "__gc");
+	lua_pop(L, 1);
+
+	hs_create_table(L,
+		hs_str_cfunc("gc_canary", gc_canary),
+	);
+
+	lua_setfield(L, honey_tbl, "util");
+}
+
+
+int gc_canary(lua_State *L)
+{
+	luaL_checktype(L, 1, LUA_TFUNCTION);
+	int ref = luaL_ref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
+	int *canary = lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(int));
+	*canary = ref;
+	luaL_getmetatable(L, canary_tname);
+	lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+int gc_canary_collect(lua_State *L)
+{
+	int *canary = luaL_checkudata(L, 1, canary_tname);
+	lua_rawgeti(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, *canary);
+	lua_call(L, 0, 0);
+	luaL_unref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, *canary);
+	return 0;
+}