@rem Script to build Lua BitOp with MSVC.
    
    @rem First change the paths to your Lua installation below.
    @rem Then open a "Visual Studio .NET Command Prompt", cd to this directory
    @rem and run this script. Afterwards copy the resulting bit.dll to
    @rem the directory where lua.exe is installed.
    
    @if not defined INCLUDE goto :FAIL
    
    @setlocal
    @rem Path to the Lua includes and the library file for the Lua DLL:
    @set LUA_INC=-I "C:/Program Files (x86)/Lua/5.1/include"
    @set LUA_LIB= "C:\Program Files (x86)/Lua/5.1/lib/lua51.lib"
    
    @set MYCOMPILE=cl /nologo /MD /O2 /W3 /c %LUA_INC%
    @set MYLINK=link /nologo
    @set MYMT=mt /nologo
    
    %MYCOMPILE% struct.c
    %MYLINK% /DLL /export:luaopen_struct /out:struct.dll struct.obj %LUA_LIB%
    if exist struct.dll.manifest^
      %MYMT% -manifest struct.dll.manifest -outputresource:struct.dll;2
    
    del *.obj *.exp *.manifest
    
    @goto :END
    :FAIL
    @echo You must open a "Visual Studio .NET Command Prompt" to run this script
    :END

    require 'serial'
    out=io.open("text.dat","wb")

        -- 0-255
        local uint8 = serial.serialize.uint8(0xab)
        out:write(uint8)
        -- -127-127
        local int8 = serial.serialize.sint8(0x12)
        out:write(int8)
    
        local uint16 = serial.serialize.uint16(0x1234,"le")
        out:write(uint16)
        local sint16 = serial.serialize.sint16(0x1234,"le")
        out:write(sint16)
    
        local uint32 = serial.serialize.uint32(0x12345678,"le")
        out:write(uint32)
        local sint32 = serial.serialize.sint32(0x12345678,"le")
        out:write(sint32)
    
        local struct_desc = {
            {'name', 'cstring'},
            {'value', 'uint32', 'le'},
        }
    
        local object = {
            name = "foo",
            value = 42,
        }
        local sobject = serial.serialize.struct(object,struct_desc)
        out:write(sobject)
    
    out:close()