Re: bundled packages

[Adrian Sietsma <adrian_groups@...>]

Diego Nehab wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > In my implementation, package.alias is only used if the cRoot and RC 
> > loaders cannot find a package; in that case it effectively re-tries 
> > cRoot and RC with package.alias.name as the filename, again using cpath.
>
>
> What does the RC loader do? The same as the C loader, but trying to get
> the chunk from a resource name that is a function of the subpackage
> name?
Yes. It looks for a resource called luamodule_a.b.c in the file(s) returned 
from cpath.

> > I have played games with the preload table, but to work in all cases 
> > (eg require a.b.c), the preload table needs to be filled in for all 
> > sub-modules. I am trying out the alias approach (which can still be an 
> > add-on loader) so that package.alias.mime=socket will resolve 
> > correctly for require"mime.xyz", without needing a whole slew of entries.
>
>
> How about playing tricks with the metatable of package.preload? You
> should be able use pattern matching to resolve names.
Yes, I thought of that, but the alias approach is a lot simpler.

Adrian