Re: modules, require, magic

[Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@...>]

On Oct 18, 2011, at 12:37 AM, Josh Simmons wrote:

> I just don't understand _why_ you want the functional equivalent of
> module 'foo'

Lack of imagination? :))

> when all you ever need is trivial

Indeed the way 5.2 is heading. Trivialization.

Ironically enough, a while back, Mike Pall labelled 5.2 as the 'Vista' of Lua releases [1]. At the time, I though it was a bit cruel. But perhaps it was insightful instead.

Oh, well...

[1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.lua.general/70563/