Re: Can I get two instances of the same module?

[Thomas Jericke <tjericke@...>]

Hi Journeyer
Well actually, I was just assuming that you are using Lua 5.2, because we switched long ago.

Shows again that one should always post all versions in use when posting a problem ;-)
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Thomas

Hi Thomas Jericke,

I should have told you that the account.lua uses the function module().

And using this module() function places a global variable. And removing this variable fixes this problem.

Thank you for the concern.

Sincerely

Journeyer

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2014-03-06 16:13 GMT+09:00 Thomas Jericke <tjericke@indel.ch>:

On 03/06/2014 06:58 AM, Journeyer J. Joh wrote:

Hi,

In PIL (for lua 5.1), there exists a explanation about reloading of a module.

package.loaded["account"] = nil 

This is it. So simple.

I tried to get two different instances from the same module with this method like below.

local aaa = require "account"
print(aaa)
package.loaded["account"] = nil 
local bbb = require "account"
print(bbb)

But the result shows below.

table: 0x1875950
table: 0x1875950

Both aaa and bbb are same. This isn't what I want. I want them to be different.

I guess my wish is impossible.

I guess the reload by the statement below is only *reloading* of the same module.

package.loaded["account"] = nil 

There is no way to make two instances of a module.

Am I right?

Sincerely

Journeyer

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Are you sure that the table isn't just allocated at the same place, after all you don't use local aaa anymore. Maybe you can try

local aaa = require "account"

package.loaded["account"] = nil 
local bbb = require "account"

print(aaa .. ', ' .. bbb)

Just wondering
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