Access From Inside Modules

[Stefan Brantschen <sbr@...>]

To make globals accessible inside a module I can write

 local string = require "string"
 local table = require "table"
 module(...)

However, standard functions such as 'ipairs' will not be "visible." I  
could write

 module(..., package.seeall)

but then _all_ globals will be visible inside the module, not just  
the ones I want and have defined with the 'local xxx = require "xxx"'  
expressions, hence undermining my intention of selective "imports"  
for my module.

I could also write

 local string = require "string"
 local table = require "table"
 local ipairs = ipairs
 module(...)

but this way I seem to need a definition for _each_ single standard  
function such as 'ipairs' -- is this correct or am I missing something?

Thanks
- Stefan


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Stefan Brantschen
sbr@acm.org