Re: [ANN] compat_load - Lua 5.2 compatable load/loadfile for Lua 5.1

[HyperHacker <hyperhacker@...>]

On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 15:46, David Manura <dm.lua@math2.org> wrote:
> The "compat_load" module [1] provides Lua 5.2 compatible `load` and
> `loadfile` functions for use in Lua 5.1:
>
>  -- If you wish to avoid dependence on this module in Lua 5.2, do this:
>  local CL = pcall(load, '') and _G or require 'compat_load'
>  local load     = CL.load
>  local loadfile = CL.loadfile
>
>  -- The following now works in both Lua 5.1 and 5.2:
>  assert(load('return 2*pi', nil, 't', {pi=math.pi}))()
>  assert(loadfile('ex.lua', 't', {print=print}))()
>
> This module might be merged into a more general Lua 5.2 compatibility
> library (e.g. a full reimplementation of Lua 5.2 `_G`).  However,
> `load/loadfile` perhaps are among the more cumbersome functions not to
> have.
>
> For related work see [2].
>
> [1] https://gist.github.com/1654007
> [2] http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaVersionCompatibility
>

Personally I think setfenv will be the function I find myself
replacing the most...

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