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- Subject: Re: Lua 5.2 and in-do-end
- From: Mark Hamburg <mark@...>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:20:44 -0800
On Jan 24, 2010, at 5:46 PM, David Burgess wrote:
> On 25/1/2010 12:28 PM, Mark Hamburg wrote:
>
>> function pushenv( newenv )
>> local oldenv = getfenv( 1 ) -- However one gains access to it...
>
> POUNCE. Methinks that the indoend thing would aided by a currentenv() function.
Well, yes. I was just avoiding introducing a new introspection mechanism. On the other hand, I got the stack index wrong. It should be getfenv( 2 ). This may reflect the fact that under Lua's current environment policy the environment of your caller is frequently more interesting than your environment.
Mark
