Re: Lua 5.1->5.2 and module/require/getfenv issue

[Matthew Wild <mwild1@...>]

2010/1/9 David Manura <dm.lua@math2.org>:
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Matthew Wild wrote:
>> But require() should be the one that sets the global (if it must) and
>> return the module (I prefer this) into the caller's environment.
>
> I had come to the same conclusion: The policy of how a module is
> imported should be caller's decision (require), not hard-coded into
> the module definition (module).  Granted, it has been said that the
> caller can redefine "module" prior to doing "require" and therefore
> adjust policy

Overriding module() would work only for Lua modules. I can't override
luaL_register(), which is why I patched require() this way.

luaL_register() is the recommended way to implement C libraries,
everyone does it... I don't fancy changing this in every library I
use.

Matthew