Re: bundled packages

[Diego Nehab <diego@...>]

Hi,

> In my implementation, package.alias is only used if the cRoot and RC loaders 
> cannot find a package; in that case it effectively re-tries cRoot and RC with 
> package.alias.name as the filename, again using cpath.

What does the RC loader do? The same as the C loader, but trying to get
the chunk from a resource name that is a function of the subpackage
name?

> I have played games with the preload table, but to work in all cases (eg 
> require a.b.c), the preload table needs to be filled in for all sub-modules. 
> I am trying out the alias approach (which can still be an add-on loader) so 
> that package.alias.mime=socket will resolve correctly for require"mime.xyz", 
> without needing a whole slew of entries.

How about playing tricks with the metatable of package.preload? You
should be able use pattern matching to resolve names.

[]s,
Diego.