Re: Suggestion for 5.3: import() for creating a "slew" of locals

[Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@...>]

Am 19.11.2013 01:48 schröbte Coda Highland:
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Am 18.11.2013 22:47 schröbte Tim Hill:
> > > — Brevity (easier to type “foo” than “some table.somefunction”)
> > > — Performance (access to locals is faster than access to globals or table
> > > values with string keys)
> > + Making a module immune to changes in the global environment
> > + Providing easy access to globals when you intend to replace `_ENV` (or use
> > `module`/`setfenv`)
> > + Documenting a module's/file's dependencies
> > + Asserting that the module's/file's dependencies are there at load time
>
> These all can be done with _ENV; local isn't necessary for them.

`_ENV` *is* a local (or an upvalue), so yes, of course this also works 
with another level of indirection.

> /s/ Adam

Philipp