Add `Table::to_pointer()` and `String::to_pointer()` functions

src/serde/de.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use rustc_hash::FxHashSet;
 use serde::de::{self, IntoDeserializer};
 
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
-use crate::ffi;
 use crate::table::{Table, TablePairs, TableSequence};
 use crate::value::Value;
 
@@ -563,9 +562,7 @@ impl RecursionGuard {
     #[inline]
     fn new(table: &Table, visited: &Rc<RefCell<FxHashSet<*const c_void>>>) -> Self {
         let visited = Rc::clone(visited);
-        let lua = table.0.lua;
-        let ptr =
-            unsafe { lua.ref_thread_exec(|refthr| ffi::lua_topointer(refthr, table.0.index)) };
+        let ptr = table.to_pointer();
         visited.borrow_mut().insert(ptr);
         RecursionGuard { ptr, visited }
     }
@@ -585,9 +582,7 @@ fn check_value_if_skip(
 ) -> Result<bool> {
     match value {
         Value::Table(table) => {
-            let lua = table.0.lua;
-            let ptr =
-                unsafe { lua.ref_thread_exec(|refthr| ffi::lua_topointer(refthr, table.0.index)) };
+            let ptr = table.to_pointer();
             if visited.borrow().contains(&ptr) {
                 if options.deny_recursive_tables {
                     return Err(de::Error::custom("recursive table detected"));

src/string.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::borrow::{Borrow, Cow};
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
+use std::os::raw::c_void;
 use std::string::String as StdString;
 use std::{slice, str};
 
@@ -112,6 +113,17 @@ impl<'lua> String<'lua> {
             slice::from_raw_parts(data as *const u8, size + 1)
         }
     }
+
+    /// Converts the string to a generic C pointer.
+    ///
+    /// There is no way to convert the pointer back to its original value.
+    ///
+    /// Typically this function is used only for hashing and debug information.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn to_pointer(&self) -> *const c_void {
+        let lua = self.0.lua;
+        unsafe { lua.ref_thread_exec(|refthr| ffi::lua_topointer(refthr, self.0.index)) }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'lua> AsRef<[u8]> for String<'lua> {

src/table.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::os::raw::c_void;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serialize")]
 use {
     rustc_hash::FxHashSet,
     serde::ser::{self, Serialize, SerializeMap, SerializeSeq, Serializer},
-    std::{cell::RefCell, os::raw::c_void, result::Result as StdResult},
+    std::{cell::RefCell, result::Result as StdResult},
 };
 
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
@@ -382,6 +383,18 @@ impl<'lua> Table<'lua> {
         unsafe { lua.ref_thread_exec(|refthr| ffi::lua_getreadonly(refthr, self.0.index) != 0) }
     }
 
+    /// Converts the table to a generic C pointer.
+    ///
+    /// Different tables will give different pointers.
+    /// There is no way to convert the pointer back to its original value.
+    ///
+    /// Typically this function is used only for hashing and debug information.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn to_pointer(&self) -> *const c_void {
+        let lua = self.0.lua;
+        unsafe { lua.ref_thread_exec(|refthr| ffi::lua_topointer(refthr, self.0.index)) }
+    }
+
     /// Consume this table and return an iterator over the pairs of the table.
     ///
     /// This works like the Lua `pairs` function, but does not invoke the `__pairs` metamethod.
@@ -699,8 +712,7 @@ impl<'lua> Serialize for Table<'lua> {
             static VISITED: RefCell<FxHashSet<*const c_void>> = RefCell::new(FxHashSet::default());
         }
 
-        let lua = self.0.lua;
-        let ptr = unsafe { lua.ref_thread_exec(|refthr| ffi::lua_topointer(refthr, self.0.index)) };
+        let ptr = self.to_pointer();
         let res = VISITED.with(|visited| {
             {
                 let mut visited = visited.borrow_mut();

src/value.rs

@@ -103,13 +103,14 @@ impl<'lua> Value<'lua> {
     /// There is no way to convert the pointer back to its original value.
     ///
     /// Typically this function is used only for hashing and debug information.
+    #[inline]
     pub fn to_pointer(&self) -> *const c_void {
         unsafe {
             match self {
                 Value::LightUserData(ud) => ud.0,
-                Value::String(String(v))
-                | Value::Table(Table(v))
-                | Value::Function(Function(v))
+                Value::Table(t) => t.to_pointer(),
+                Value::String(s) => s.to_pointer(),
+                Value::Function(Function(v))
                 | Value::Thread(Thread(v))
                 | Value::UserData(AnyUserData(v)) => v
                     .lua