loading .so files from the bundle

loader.lua

-- Added to app/modules/require.lua in luvit/luvit

  function formatters.so(data, module)
    local dir = assert(uv.fs_mkdtemp("lib-XXXXXX"))
    local filename = string.match(module.path, "[^/]+$")
    local path = pathJoin(dir, filename)
    local name = "luaopen_" .. string.match(filename, "^[^.]+");
    local fd = uv.fs_open(path, "w", tonumber("600", 8))
    uv.fs_write(fd, data, 0)
    uv.fs_close(fd)
    local fn = assert(package.loadlib(path, name))
    module.exports = fn()
    uv.fs_unlink(path)
    uv.fs_rmdir(dir)
  end