local *func = $main::{"Lua::${modname}::${funcname}"}

##</code><code>##

package Lua;

use strict;
use warnings;
use Carp qw( croak );
#use Inline;

my $luadir = '.';

sub new
{
    my( $class ) = @_;

    my $self = {};

    return( bless( $self, $class ) );
}

sub load
{
    my( $self, $module ) = @_;

    my $src_file = $module . '.lua' unless( $module =~ m/.*\.lua$/ );

    my $path = path_join( $luadir, $src_file );
    open( my $fd, '<', $path )
        or warn "$src_file is inaccessible" and return;
    my $luacode = do { local $/; <$fd> };
    close( $fd );

    #######################################################
    my $code = sprintf( 'package Lua::%s;' .
                        'use Inline;' .
                        'Inline->bind( Lua => $luacode );' .
                        'return( grep { ! /^BEGIN$/ } keys %%Lua::%s:: )',
                        $module, $module );
    my @symbols = eval $code;
    package Lua;
    chomp $@ if( $@ );
    warn "Error compiling $path: '$@'" and return if( $@ );
    #######################################################

    return( @symbols );
}

sub run
{
    my( $self, $module, $funcname, @args ) = @_;

    ######################################################
    my $sub = sprintf( 'Lua::%s::%s( @args );', $module, $funcname );
    my @retval = eval $sub;
    chomp $@ if( $@ );
    warn "Error executing $module::$funcname: $@" and return if( $@ );
    ######################################################

    return( @retval );
}

sub path_join
{
    my $pathchar = ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) ? "\\" : '/';
    return( join( $pathchar, @_ ) );
}

1;

__END__

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use lib '.';
use Lua;

my $lua = Lua->new();

my @symbols = $lua->load( 'foo' );

$lua->run( 'foo', 'Greet', 'grandma', 'pie' );

__END__

##</code><code>##

function Greet( name, treat )
    print( "Hello, " .. name .. ".  Would you like some " .. treat .. "?\n" )
end