Allow lua code to access monster_info description.

This is not really safe since it accesses the underlying monsters*;
it would be preferable to generate the necessary info on construction
of the monster_info instance and not storing the monsters* pointer.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/l_moninf.cc b/crawl-ref/source/l_moninf.cc
index c2a4f36a01..45b7cf896f 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/l_moninf.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/l_moninf.cc
@@ -46,10 +46,25 @@ LUAFN(moninf_get_damage_desc)
     return (1);
 }
 
+// FIXME: This is unsafe, since monster_info::to_string
+//        acccesses the underlying monsters*. monster_info
+//        should be changed to collect all info it needs
+//        on instantiation.
+LUAFN(moninf_get_desc)
+{
+    MONINF(ls, 1, mi);
+    std::string desc;
+    int col;
+    mi->to_string(1, desc, col);
+    lua_pushstring(ls, desc.c_str());
+    return (1);
+}
+
 static const struct luaL_reg moninf_lib[] =
 {
     MIREG(damage_level),
     MIREG(damage_desc),
+    MIREG(desc),
 
     { NULL, NULL }
 };