Re: Re-requiring modules

[Robert Virding <robert.virding@...>]

Yes, BUT NO. Well it shouldn't work. In the 5.2 manual description of package.loaded it says

"package.loaded

A table used by require to control which modules are already loaded. When you require a module modname and package.loaded[modname] is not false, require simply returns the value stored there.

This variable is only a reference to the real table; assignments to this variable do not change the table used by require."

Which seems to imply that these suggestions should not work. This is why I was asking as otherwise it is easy.

Robert

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo" <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br>
> 
> > Is it possible to re-require a module?
> 
> function rerequire(m)
> 	package.loaded[m] = nil
> 	return require(m)
> end
> 
> or if your module sets a global:
> 
> function rerequire(m)
> 	package.loaded[m] = nil
> 	_G[m] = nil
> 	_G[m] = require(m)
> 	return _G[m]
> end
> 
> Search lua-l archive for unrequire. See for instance
> 	http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2012-12/msg00883.html
> 
>