Re: obfuscating / protecting LUA code

[Shmuel Zeigerman <shmuz@...>]

David Given wrote:
> Try this instead, which is a common idiom:
>
> d = {
> 	one = 1, [1] = "one",
> 	two = 2, [2] = "two",
> 	three = 3, [3] = "three"
> }
>
> Renaming field names will horribly mangle this.
>
> My point is that field names are not just arbitrary symbols (like local
> variable names). They're actually *data*, which your program may need to
> process, and therefore changing them will break your program.

I can see your point. This may possibly be considered as a special case 
for the obfuscator to handle. The obfuscator can be made smart! :)

--
Shmuel