Re: compile-time globals

[Miles Bader <miles.bader@...>]

Thomas Lauer <thomas.lauer@virgin.net> writes:
>> Looking at the example "strict" module, it calls "debug" module stuff,
>> which seems a little bit dodgy to me (I generally have the idea that
>> the debug module shouldn't be used when not debugging...).
>
> In theory I agree. In practice there seems to be no other documented way
> to get the information where a variable "is coming from".
>
> I agree with the general sentiment that this way of doing checks is sort
> of a hack, that's exactly why I was looking for something cleaner.

Is there potentially a cleaner mechanism that could be added to the
Lua core for this purpose?

-Miles

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