Re: [poll] require & binary module interfaces

[Wesley Smith <wesley.hoke@...>]

> require("space.vec3") should work fine by itself using the all-in-one
> loader if your module is space.so and has both luaopen_space and
> luaopen_space_vec3 functions exported. See the refman entry for
> package.loaders for details.
>
> It won't (on its own) load the space module though so you'll need to make
> sure your luaopen_space_vec3 function requires the space module if it
> needs it.
>

oof.  You're right!  For some reason I thought I had tried that and it
didn't work.  Nice to know that it does.  Glad I asked :)
I'd still like to know whether people expect all modules inside a
binary to be loaded by loading the base module or expect the
piece-meal approach.

wes