pe of the function
and its address is returned.</li>

<li>External variables: the symbol address is dereferenced and the
loaded value is <a href="#convert_tolua">converted to a Lua object</a>
and returned.</li>

<li>Constant values (<tt>static&nbsp;const</tt> or <tt>enum</tt>
constants): the constant is <a href="#convert_tolua">converted to a
Lua object</a> and returned.</li>

</ul>
<p>
This is what happens on a <b>write access</b>:
</p>
<ul>

<li>External variables: the value to be written is
<a href="#con