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On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 5:17 AM,  <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> sourcing the code into a main file like done with unix shell scripts?
> Are there other ways?

Absolutely, and they work better than simply 'sourcing' the code (as
the C preprocessor does as well).

The function you need to understand is require()

http://www.luafaq.org/#T1.19

The short answer: require() is like dofile(), in that the source is
separately compiled, but it looks up the source on the _module path_.

steve d.