inst = luaconf_init("conf.lua");

elt1 = luaconf_getElt(inst, "site1.domain", sizeof("site1.domain")-1);
luaconf_getStr(elt1, buf, sizeof(buf), &size);

printf("site1.domain = %.*s\n", size, buf);          // www.taobao.com

void process_config(lua_State* L) {
    printf("float_value: %f\n", lua_evalexpr(L, lua_tonumber, "luaconf.config.float_value"));
    printf("integer_value: %d\n", lua_evalexpr(L, lua_tointeger, "luaconf.config.integer_value"));
    printf("string_value: %s\n", lua_evalexpr(L, lua_tocstring, "luaconf.config.string_value"));

    int length = lua_evalexpr(L, lua_tointeger, "#luaconf.config.integer_array");
    printf("integer_array:\n");

    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
        printf("  %d\n", lua_evalexpr(L, lua_tointeger, "luaconf.config.integer_array[%d]", i + 1));
    }
}

-- agentsettings.lua
person = {
    name = "James Bond",
    age = 42.,
    drunken = true,
    address = {
        country = "United Kingdom"
    }
}

LuaTable ltable = LuaTable::fromFile("myfile.lua")

std::string name = ltable["name"];
double age = ltable["age"];
bool drunken = ltable["drunken"];
std::string country = ltable["address"]["country"];

#Similarly you can set values:
ltable["drunken"] = false;
#dump
std::string config_string = ltable.serialize();

interface = {
    device = ’re0’,
    address = ’192.168.1.1’
}