Re: Lua 5.2

["Stuart P. Bentley" <stuart@...>]

As I recall from PiL2, if they're designed with the proper _G[...] pattern, 
it shouldn't be a problem to simply rename the modules you load with a 
hyphen.

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From: "Vaughan McAlley" <ockegheim@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 A5:59
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lang.lua.general
To: "Lua list" <lua@bazar2.conectiva.com.br>
Subject: Re: Lua 5.2

> You may want to use two bitLibs simultaneously, for a particular
> combination of compatibility, ease of use, new features or whatever.
> In that case it would be good if they had different names.
>
> Vaughan
>
> 2010/1/28 Jerome Vuarand <jerome.vuarand@gmail.com>
> > 2010/1/28 Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@gmail.com>:
> > > If someone wants to replace existing library, he should pick another
> > > name for the replacement. Especially if that someone is not people who
> > > develop the language.
> >
> > As long as the library has the same API, I see no reason not to use
> > the same name. This is especially important if you want a third party
> > module to use the modified version.