pseudo self modifying code?

["Patrick Mc(avery" <spell_gooder_now@...>]

Rather then using a DB or tables & Pluto I was thinking about storing 
information in Lua scripts that would then be executed by other Lua 
scripts via dofile. I was thinking that the executing script could also 
modify the storage script for persistence. This set up would also allow 
me to hand edit the storage script later, bypassing the main limitation 
I see with a DB or a serialization library like Pluto.

Is there a proper name for this? Is there any code out there that I 
could use as a template?

Thanks for reading-Patrick