Syntax error when loading lua script

Im trying to use lua in my application, but when trying to load a script using lua_loadBuffer, I get an error message.

LuaContext := lua_newstate(@Alloc, nil); try luaL_openlibs(LuaContext); s := 'print("hi")'; lua_register(LuaContext, 'print', @print_func); if luaL_loadbuffer(LuaContext, PChar(s), Length(s), PChar('sample1')) <> 0 then begin raise Exception.Create(lua_tostring(LuaContext, -1)); //<- I get the following error message here: [string "sample1"]:1: syntax error end; if lua_pcall(LuaContext, 0, 0, 0) <> 0 then Exception.Create(''); except Debugln('Error: ' + lua_tostring(LuaContext, -1)); end;

Afaik the lua code is valid, right? Just a "syntax error" isn't very descriptive, and me not having any expierience with the lua, I don't even know where to look for mistakes.

1 Answer

Lua does not work with UTF-16 strings.
To ensure your data is encoded with 1-byte codepage, use AnsiString and PAnsiChar instead of String and PChar.