Re: Module finalization (along the lines of calling a function on exit)

[Lisa Parratt <lisa@...>]

Antero Vipunen wrote:
> Oh my god.

<crazy mad idea>

Another option, though it's horrendously evil. Instead of using 
functions directly from the packages, you use tables with their __call 
metamethods overridden so they behave like the functions, but they (or 
their metatables) contain a reference to the main module table, so that 
it can't be collected until all references to functions within the table 
have expired.

It'd be so much easier with individual metatables for functions.

</crazy mad idea>

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