Re: [5.1.4/newbie] "attempt to index ... 'file' (a nil value)"?

[Andrew Wilson <agrwagrw@...>]

-- slight typo don't forget table parameter in index..

do
 local mt = getmetatable(_G) or {}
 mt.__index = function(t,k) error("Global "..k.." does not exist", 2) end
 setmetatable(_G, mt)
end

n1="string"
print(n1)               -- prints string
local n2  print(n2)  -- prints nil
print(n3)               -- prints Global n3 does not exists


On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo
<lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
>> Best is to add a metatable to globals _G that errors on index.
>
> See also etc/strict.lua which does this and more.
>
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