Re: Uses for monkeypatching package.loaded

["Thiago L." <fakedme@...>]

On 25/11/14 06:18 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
> It was thus said that the Great Thiago L. once stated:
> > On 25/11/14 04:58 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
> > > It was thus said that the Great Thiago L. once stated:
> > > > So I noticed I can monkeypatch package.loaded with a metatable. What's
> > > > this useful for?
> > >    It's a regular table, and you can always add a metatable to a table?
> > >
> > >    -spc (The same way you can add a metatable to _G ... )
> > require() respects it
>    And?  You seem surprised for some reason.  You expected package.loaded to
> be special somehow?  I'm not sure what you are getting at.
>
>    -spc
I expected require() to use rawset()/rawget()... I actually like being 
able to monkeypatch it but meh IMO the manual isn't clear enough... 
(Side note: if I use metatables to make package.loaded[modname] nil, 
require still returns true, even tho it's supposed to return the final 
value)

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