Re: _G, _ENV

[HyperHacker <hyperhacker@...>]

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 15:46, Jorge <xxopxe@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to rise a question that seems to be being avoided in the
> current threads discussing such things, and it's absolutely critical.
>
> _G and _ENV are _UGLY.
>
> Why all caps? Why the underscore thing? I know it make them look C-ish,
> and that's totally hardcore, but all caps and the underscore thing isn't
> used anywhere else in Lua (or is it?).
>
> AND the real final match should have been Uruguay-Germany, not this stud
> fest.
>
> Jorge
>
>

I suppose to indicate that they're "special" variables.

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