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- Subject: Re: _ENV vs _G
- From: Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:26:58 +0200
2014-08-12 13:51 GMT+02:00 Jay Carlson <nop@nop.com>:
> I have a lot more code using _G than hyperbolic trig.
> Possibly +inf times more.
In other words, you have a lot of Lua 5.1 code.
"Conceptual integrity" deals with whether something in older
Lua fits in neatly with current thinking about where Lua is going.
A kind of Occam's razor. I agree with Mason that _G is a mere
evolutionary relic whose presence in the manual is confusing.
