Re: Why not Just PHP-stupid include?

["Patrick Mc(avery" <patrick@...>]

On 11-10-18 05:41 PM, Josh Simmons wrote:
> I'm not sure I see any advantage in regressing to a text based
> include. Loading external code in Lua is simple and all external code
> is handled the same way whether it comes from a string or a file or
> puff the magic dragon. If this were to be implemented you'd then have
> two different systems (run-time and compile-time) working on the same
> problem for little benefit. I certainly don't think this would make
> anything easier for anybody.
I think your points are very strong and I am glad to know the proper 
term "text based include" to describe this.

Could you elaborate on why you think loading external code is easy? 
dofile locals are already out of scope and require forces the use of 
tables and it's quite verbose.

BTW I am not necessary against require/module for use at the end of a 
project. if I wrote 3 or 4K lines of code, then 3 more lines to export 
it for others to use is nothing to be concerned about.