Re: setfenv/getfenv

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>]

> Tony Finch wrote:
> >  local t = {}
> >  local s = "function f() a = 3 print(a) end"
> >  local chunk = assert(loadstring("in ... do "..s.." end"))
> >  chunk(t)
> 
> Yes, that's what Luiz suggested. But it's not exactly efficient (think 
> of embedded systems) unless a wrapping loading function is used on the C 
> side, as he said.

I suggested the existing "load" function, which accepts a reader function
that can send the source in pieces and so avoid concatenation.