Re: setmetatable vs setfenv consolidation? (was Re: setmetatable vs debug.setmetatable?)

[Stefan Brantschen <sbr@...>]

On 3 Aug 2007, at 14:47, PA wrote:

> After all, a table metatable or a function environment seems to be  
> very much alike... any reason(s) not to make them the same?
>
> setmetabletable( aFunction, aMetatable ) = setfenv( aFunction,  
> anEnvironment )

Much alike?

-- metatable: place to redefine behavior
-- environment: global storage space

IMHO, I'd think less about how to change Lua, but how to use what's  
available... :-)

With regards
-- Stefan