Re: setfenv/getfenv

[Enrico Colombini <erix@...>]

Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> If I undestood you correctly, this is precisely the goal of the new
> function 'loadin'.

I'm probably saying something silly, but could it be possible to avoid 
the loadin() problems by setting the environment when the loaded chunk 
is executed, as opposed as when it is loaded?

  -- wish I could do this
  local t = {}
  local s = "function f() a = 3 print(a) end"
  local chunk = assert(loadstring(s))
  -- chunk is currently executed in the global env,
  -- I'd like to execute it in 't'
  in t do chunk() end -- no effect in 't'

Currently this sets 'f' and 'a' in the global environment (not in t), as 
does this variant:

  -- wish I could do this
  local t = { loadstring = loadstring, assert = assert }
  in t do
     local s = "function f() a = 3 print(a) end"
     -- loadstring loads in the global env anyway --
     local chunk = assert(loadstring(s))
     loadstring = nil; assert = nil -- remove from environment
     -- chunk is currently executed in the global env --
     -- I'd like to execute it in 't'
     chunk() -- no effect in 't'
  end

In other terms, would it be problematic to allow setting the environment 
of a loaded chunk when it is executed, rather than at load time?

    Enrico