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- Subject: Re: import and LuaBinaryModules
- From: "Martin Spernau" <martin@...>
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 23:24:44 +0100
From: "Doug Currie" <e@flavors.com>
> Wouldn't it be nice if the binary module semantics were the same as
> import semantics? This would make binary modules less dependent and
> less intrusive on a global name space. [Binary modules don't usually
> have the circular dependencies problem.]
>
> Also, this would also make it possible for import to work with either
> Lua or binary code. Should the user care how the import module is
> implemented?
Well, we are trying to tackle something like this with the LuaCheia project.
A 'module' should be transparently loadable by the 'user' w/o any need to
know if it is binary, script or otherwise...
-Martin