Re: Is there a similar way to do if __name__ == '__main__' as in python ?

[gary ng <garyng2000@...>]

--- Rici Lake <lua@ricilake.net> wrote:
> Yes, that's one of the reasons I don't use module().
> 
> The actual code in my original message avoids
> hard-coding
> the module name with the line:
> 
> local myname = ...
> 
> at the beginning. That picks up the first argument
> supplied
> when the module chunk is called; if it is called by
> require(),

Ah, I thought module() is now the recommended way.

But anyway, out of curiosity, what would be the usage
scenario for not hardcode the module name ? As my
limited usage of require() is just to load another
file which is hardcoded in the file system anyway ?




 
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