Re: What is the best way to evaluate a "name"

["Alex Davies" <alex.mania@...>]

Hey Paul,

You could use the string library. ie, the c equivelant of something like 
this (untested):

function resolvedots(path)
 local res = _G
 for w in string.gmatch(path..".", "(.-)%.") do
   res = res[w]
 end
 return res
end

- Alex