Re: Automating local optimization (Re: Is "scripting" truly Lua's future?)

[Fabien <fleutot+lua@...>]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Asko Kauppi <askok@dnainternet.net> wrote:

Actually, a syntax modifier could easily automatically make all your "usual globals" declared as local. 

It could even change references to string.* etc. to be locals.  Without you needing to do this explicitly.

This is done by metalint (http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2008-04/msg00082.html).

-- Fabien.