Re: getting function name

[Sean Conner <sean@...>]

It was thus said that the Great jseb once stated:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to write a helper function for getting function name with
> function pointer.
> «AH! Recursion with _ENV!» i thought.
> Like all simple and good idea, it was not so simple and not so good.
> 
> For an unknown reason, it will work with functions directly stored
> in _ENV, but not with subtables.
> 
> get_fx_name(get_fx_name) -- works
> get_fx_name(math.cos) -- thrash stack
> 
> Do you have any idea why ? Thank you.

  Take a look at package.loaded.  Not only does it contain a reference to
package, but it also contains a reference to _G.

  -spc (Recusion:  see recursion)