Re: multiple lua files with same-named functions

["Goran Zoricic" <goran-gdalgs@...>]

The solution we use is to wrap each script file inside 'function Main() ... end; Main();'. Then you can declare all functions as 'local' inside that scope. You can also use 'function self:Main() ... end;', and declare all functions inside as 'self:SomeFunction', adding those functions to the 'self' object, if you have one... This doesn't place the functions in the global environment, making function names reusable.

 

Cheers,

 

Goran.

 

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----- Original Message -----

From: Raymond Jacobs

To: Lua list

Sent: Friday, 05 May, 2006 15:52

Subject: multiple lua files with same-named functions

Greetings All,

 

I am having a bit of an issue with the system I've made.

 

I have a single lua_State with a number of registered C functions in it.

 

whenever I want to execute another script file, I make a new co-routine (from C),

I load the lua code into this new co-routine, and then call a function on it.

 

the issue is that all of these different script files have functions of the same name,

and it seems that if i have previously loaded a script with the function 'onCreate' in it,

and I load a new script which doesn't have an onCreate function (yet it tries to call it) it will find

the previously loaded onCreate function, I would rather that it say onCreate doesn't exist (since it is not in the script I've loaded),

but it seems whatever code i load all of the functions get stored into the global state, is this right?

 

and if so how can I solve it? a brute force idea is to clear all the functions from the global state before loading a new script

but that sounds awful =/

 

any info is appreciated, thanks!

 

Raymond Jacobs

Owner,

Ethereal Darkness Interactive

www.edigames.com