Re: loop or previous error on second module load attempt - likely bug

[Jerome Vuarand <jerome.vuarand@...>]

2011/3/22 David Manura <dm.lua@math2.org>:
> in Lua 5.1.4 (patch-lua-5.1.4-3) through lua-5.2.0-work5, if a module
> fails to load and we later reattempt to load the module, we get an odd
> error due to inconsistent sentinel state (another need for resource
> cleanup on scope exit maybe):

I've been stuck with the same problem in the past. I came to the
conclusion that if a module loading might fail, it should do so early
or in a clean way. This usally means that any problem (including
missing dependencies) should be detected and an error thrown before
calling 'module'. Unfortunately many existing modules don't.