Re: [ANN] Lua 5.2.0 (work4) now available

[phlnc8 <phlnc8@...>]

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Jim Whitehead II <jnwhiteh@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 1 Aug 2010 20:31, "phlnc8" <phlnc8@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Probably something like this:
>>>
>>>  local _ENV={}
>>>  function f1() ... end
>>>  function f2() ... end
>>>  ...
>>>  return _ENV
>>>
>>
>> In that case, globals (builtins) cannot be used within definitions!?!
>> Did I miss something?
>
> If you want to use something from the outer environment, you can store it
> and use it. This is precisely the same as using module() without
> package.seeall in Lua 5.1.
>
Do you mean redefining as local all the builtins used in the module?

  local table = table
  local string = string
  local print = print
  . . .
  . . .
  local _ENV={}
  . . .