Re: _G, _ENV

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

On 12/07/2010 09:29, steve donovan wrote:
> Roberto thinks they should be ugly:
>
> http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2010-05/msg00481.html
>
> The reason is that code that uses _ENV is likely to be black magic,
> which should be wrapped up in a module (e.g. for a
> backwards-compatible setfenv function)

Maybe they should be named _BLACK_MAGIC_GLOBALS_ and _BLACK_MAGIC_ENVIRONMENT_ then...
One would think twice before using these variables! (or just make an abbreviation 
expansion shortcut, of course).

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