add byte slice to string conversion to PushValue

DOCS.md

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ if err != nil {
 ```
 
 ### ToTable(index int) (any, error)
-Converts a Lua table to optimal Go type ([]int, []string, map[string]any, etc.).
+Converts a Lua table to optimal Go type; arrays or `map[string]any`.
 ```go
 table, err := L.ToTable(-1)
 if err != nil {

README.md

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ L.PushValue(stuff)  // Handles all Go types automatically
 
 // Lua → Go with automatic type detection
 L.GetGlobal("some_table")
-result, err := L.ToTable(-1)  // Returns optimal Go type ([]int, map[string]string, etc.)
+result, err := L.ToTable(-1)  // Returns optimal Go type (typed array, or map[string]any)
 ```
 
 ### Table Builder

wrapper.go

@@ -71,39 +71,6 @@ static int sample_array_type(lua_State *L, int index, int count) {
 	if (all_bools) return 4;
 	return 0;
 }
-
-static int sample_map_type(lua_State *L, int index) {
-	int all_string_vals = 1;
-	int all_int_vals = 1;
-	int all_int_keys = 1;
-	int count = 0;
-
-	lua_pushnil(L);
-	while (lua_next(L, index) && count < 5) {
-		if (lua_type(L, -2) != LUA_TSTRING) {
-			all_int_keys = 0;
-		} else {
-			const char *key = lua_tostring(L, -2);
-			char *endptr;
-			strtol(key, &endptr, 10);
-			if (*endptr != '\0') all_int_keys = 0;
-		}
-
-		int val_type = lua_type(L, -1);
-		if (val_type != LUA_TSTRING) all_string_vals = 0;
-		if (val_type != LUA_TNUMBER || !is_integer(L, -1)) all_int_vals = 0;
-
-		lua_pop(L, 1);
-		count++;
-
-		if (!all_string_vals && !all_int_vals && !all_int_keys) break;
-	}
-
-	if (all_int_keys) return 4;
-	if (all_string_vals) return 1;
-	if (all_int_vals) return 2;
-	return 3;
-}
 */
 import "C"
 import (
@@ -239,6 +206,8 @@ func (s *State) PushValue(v any) error {
 		s.PushNumber(val)
 	case string:
 		s.PushString(val)
+	case []byte:
+		s.PushString(string(val))
 	case []int:
 		return s.pushIntSlice(val)
 	case []string:
@@ -249,6 +218,8 @@ func (s *State) PushValue(v any) error {
 		return s.pushFloatSlice(val)
 	case []any:
 		return s.pushAnySlice(val)
+	case []map[string]any:
+		return s.pushMapSlice(val)
 	case map[string]string:
 		return s.pushStringMap(val)
 	case map[string]int:
@@ -406,17 +377,7 @@ func (s *State) ToTable(index int) (any, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	mapType := int(C.sample_map_type(s.L, C.int(absIdx)))
-	switch mapType {
-	case 1: // map[string]string
-		return s.extractStringMap(absIdx)
-	case 2: // map[string]int
-		return s.extractIntMap(absIdx)
-	case 4: // map[int]any
-		return s.extractIntKeyMap(absIdx)
-	default: // map[string]any
 	return s.extractAnyMap(absIdx)
-	}
 }
 
 func (s *State) extractIntArray(index, length int) []int {
@@ -476,62 +437,6 @@ func (s *State) extractAnyArray(index, length int) []any {
 	return result
 }
 
-func (s *State) extractStringMap(index int) (map[string]string, error) {
-	result := make(map[string]string)
-	s.PushNil()
-	for s.Next(index) {
-		if s.GetType(-2) == TypeString {
-			key := s.ToString(-2)
-			value := s.ToString(-1)
-			result[key] = value
-		}
-		s.Pop(1)
-	}
-	return result, nil
-}
-
-func (s *State) extractIntMap(index int) (map[string]int, error) {
-	result := make(map[string]int)
-	s.PushNil()
-	for s.Next(index) {
-		if s.GetType(-2) == TypeString {
-			key := s.ToString(-2)
-			value := int(s.ToNumber(-1))
-			result[key] = value
-		}
-		s.Pop(1)
-	}
-	return result, nil
-}
-
-func (s *State) extractIntKeyMap(index int) (map[int]any, error) {
-	result := make(map[int]any)
-	s.PushNil()
-	for s.Next(index) {
-		var key int
-		switch s.GetType(-2) {
-		case TypeString:
-			if k, err := strconv.Atoi(s.ToString(-2)); err == nil {
-				key = k
-			} else {
-				s.Pop(1)
-				continue
-			}
-		case TypeNumber:
-			key = int(s.ToNumber(-2))
-		default:
-			s.Pop(1)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if value, err := s.ToValue(-1); err == nil {
-			result[key] = value
-		}
-		s.Pop(1)
-	}
-	return result, nil
-}
-
 func (s *State) extractAnyMap(index int) (map[string]any, error) {
 	result := make(map[string]any)
 	s.PushNil()
@@ -810,3 +715,15 @@ func (s *State) CallGlobal(name string, args ...any) ([]any, error) {
 	s.SetTop(baseTop)
 	return results, nil
 }
+
+func (s *State) pushMapSlice(arr []map[string]any) error {
+	s.CreateTable(len(arr), 0)
+	for i, m := range arr {
+		s.PushNumber(float64(i + 1))
+		if err := s.PushValue(m); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		s.SetTable(-3)
+	}
+	return nil
+}