[Oddity] _G in package.loaded

"'Martin Eden' via lua-l" <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:34:45 +0200
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Hello list,

While working on my deploy generator I discovered that
"_G" is present in "package.loaded":

   $ lua
   Lua 5.5.0  Copyright (C) 1994-2025 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
   > package.loaded._G
   table: 0x55fb5ddbcbc0

I expect this table be name map for modules loaded via require().
(And no, I have no "require('_G')" in my code.)

Any ideas why it's so?

-- Martin

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