Re: scope, design patterns?

[Tomas Guisasola Gorham <tomas@...>]

	Hi Patrick

> I understand closure, functions and other tables as table values, local 
> variables etc.. it's just that I only know a limited number of ways to 
> assemble them for privacy.
	I think you are looking for locals inside modules, or upvalues.

> Is there something out there akin to a design patterns tutorial for Lua that 
> illustrates various privacy patterns?
	Take a look at Programming in Lua:

http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/pil2/ (second edition)
http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/book/ (first edition)

	The first edition is freely available:

http://www.lua.org/pil/

	However, it is targeted at Lua 5.0

	Regards,
		Tomás