Re: Question about loading Lua files from within Lua files

[Eero Pajarre <epajarre@...>]

pixellent@stodge.net wrote:
> I've been reading some messages in the mailing list archives, but I can't
> determine if the following is possible. I'd like to load a (ultimately compiled)
> Lua file from within another Lua file.
>
> For example hello.lua contains a function called Hello(), which is available to
> the C++ application. The first thing hello.lua does is load goodbye.lua using
> dofile("goodbye.lua").
>
> goodbye.lua contains a function Goodbye().
>
> So I'd like the application to call Hello() and Hello() then calls Goodbye().

I am using Lua5(a/b) and function require instead of dofile, and what you
describe certainly works. I don't see why it shouldn't work with dofile too.
Any error or incorrect filename during the handling of the files might
surprise you of course.


			Eero