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On 23-Sep-06, at 5:14 PM, D Burgess wrote:


I second the thanks. I would also like to lnow the answer to Dons
question.

DB

On 9/24/06, Don Hopkins <dhopkins@donhopkins.com> wrote:

Thanks for explaining how lua_setfenv effects threads.
I have a question like the one about threads: is the environment of a
userdata used for anything other than user defined purposes?


Section 2.9 of the 5.1 reference manual states:
"Environments associated with userdata have no meaning for Lua. It is only a convenience feature for programmers to associate a table to a userdata."
I've put a small tutorial (or at least example) on the Wiki at http://lua-users.org/wiki/UserDataEnvironmentExamples
Also see some musings about Userdata environment tables at http://lua-users.org/wiki/EnvironmentTables and http://lua-users.org/wiki/UserDataRefinement