Re: [Oddity] _G in package.loaded

Does this also mean that it is not a good idea to use luaL_requiref(L, 
"_G", ...) to load another library as "global" into _G, because 
package.loaded._G is already occupied by baselib and it would not actually 
load it because "package not already loaded"?
суббота, 13 июня 2026 г. в 04:28:13 UTC+2, Martin Eden: 

> Thanks for the replies
>
> I was perceiving _G like global namespace alias. But it's wrong.
> _G is just another table special is that it's default package when
> resolving name.
>
> Tangentially I appreciate style in code listings on Lua site.
> Comparing with github it's like modern and baroque, One is centered
> on content, other on frame.
>
> -- Martin
>
>

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