Question

I load scripts using luaL_loadfile and then lua_pcall from my game, and was wondering if instead of loading them into the global table, I could load them into a table named after their filename?

For example:

I have I file called “Foo.lua”, which contains this:

function DoSomething()
    --something
end

After loading it I want to be able to access it like:

Foo.DoSomething()

Thanks!

Answer 1

Try something like this. Don’t forget to add error checking…

lua_newtable(L);
lua_setglobal(L,filename);
luaL_loadfile(L,filename);
lua_getglobal(L,filename);
lua_setfenv(L,-2);
lua_pcall(L,...);