Why in lua socket is there a totally different way to require modules
than the usual require("ftp")? I've just downloaded the 2.0 beta and
it has this following chunk:
-- finds a lua library and returns the entrypoint
local function find(lib)
local path = LUA_PATH or os.getenv("LUA_PATH") or "?;?.lua"
local f, e1
for p in string.gfind(path, "[^;]+") do
local n = string.gsub(p, "%?", lib)
f, e1 = loadfile(n)
if f then break end
end
return f, e1
end
-- new "require" function
function require(name)
if not _LOADED[name] then
local f = assert(find(name))
local m = {}
setmetatable(m, {__index = _G})
setfenv(f, m)
f()
_LOADED[name] = m
end
return _LOADED[name]
end
that has to be executed to properly "require" something like ftp. Is
there a reason for this? It seems overly complex when a simple
module("ftp") would suffice inside the ftp.lua script.
