Re: Globals in 5.0 Alpha

[John Belmonte <jvb@...>]

Roberto wrote:
> As an alternative option, you can change the namespace from the outside,
> when you load a "module":
>
>   local f = loadfile(filename)
>   local new_namespace = {...}
>   setglobals(f, new_namespace)
>   f()   -- run the chunk

I like this form because modules can be written without regard to a 
namespace, Python-style.

Somehow, over the original plan, you managed to make the globals system 
easier to comprehend and more dynamic at the same time.  It really 
changes everything.

-John



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