From 43e563fca5aad63feab48a444a142e1c1b72ffa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: robin <comfysagedev@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:36:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] main: eval with mlua using `-l`

---
 src/main.zig |  7 ++++++-
 src/mlua.zig | 16 +++++++---------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 94c3906..4dc4f78 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@ const Handler = maivi.Handler;
 const helpers = maivi.helpers;
 const Status = helpers.Status;
 
+const mlua = @import("mlua.zig");
+
 pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     const args = try init.minimal.args.toSlice(init.arena.allocator());
     for (1..args.len) |i| {
         if (std.mem.eql(u8, args[i], "build"))
             maivi.build = true
         else if (std.mem.eql(u8, args[i], "dev"))
-            maivi.dev = true;
+            maivi.dev = true
+        else if (std.mem.eql(u8, args[i], "-l")) {
+            return mlua.main(init);
+        }
     }
     maivi.dev = maivi.dev or (!maivi.build and (if (init.environ_map.get("MAIVI_DEV")) |_| true else false));
 
diff --git a/src/mlua.zig b/src/mlua.zig
index e56d9da..d521864 100644
--- a/src/mlua.zig
+++ b/src/mlua.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ const maivi = @import("maivi");
 const fern = @import("fern");
 
 pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
-    const args = init.minimal.args;
+    var args: []const [*:0]const u8 = init.minimal.args.vector[1..];
+    if (args.len > 0 and std.mem.eql(u8, std.mem.span(args[0]), "-l")) args = args[1..];
 
     const config: maivi.Config = try .init(init.io, init.arena, init.environ_map);
 
@@ -24,22 +25,19 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     try maivi.lua.init();
     defer maivi.lua.deinit();
 
-    if (args.vector.len < 2) {
+    if (args.len < 1) {
         std.debug.print("USAGE: nlua0 script.lua args...\n\n", .{});
         return;
     }
     try eval(maivi.lua.lua, init.arena.allocator(), args);
 }
 
-pub fn eval(l: *maivi.lua.Lua, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, args: std.process.Args) !void {
-    l.createTable(@intCast(args.vector.len - 2), 1);
+pub fn eval(l: *maivi.lua.Lua, _: std.mem.Allocator, args: []const [*:0]const u8) !void {
+    l.createTable(@intCast(args.len - 1), 1);
 
-    var iter = try args.iterateAllocator(allocator);
-    _ = iter.skip();
-    var i: u32 = 0;
     var firstarg: [:0]const u8 = undefined;
-    while (iter.next()) |val| : (i += 1) {
-        _ = l.pushString(val);
+    for (args, 0..) |val, i| {
+        _ = l.pushString(std.mem.span(val));
         if (i == 0) {
             firstarg = try l.toString(-1); // preserved on lua heap..
         }
-- 
2.51.2