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Asked: May 18, 20262026-05-18T03:02:48+00:00 2026-05-18T03:02:48+00:00

when loading a .dll file from lua it gives me this error: loop or

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when loading a .dll file from lua it gives me this error:

loop or previous error loading module 'wildcard'

whats wrong?
@edit:
@lhf: ive changed the filename but now its giving me these errors:

> dofile("_test.lua")

_test.lua:1: module ‘wildcard’ not found:
no field package.preload[‘wildcard’]
no file ‘.\wildcard.lua’
no file ‘D:\luasocket-2.0.2-lua-5.1.2-Win32-vc6\lua\wildcard.lua’
no file ‘D:\luasocket-2.0.2-lua-5.1.2-Win32-vc6\lua\wildcard\init.lua’
no file ‘D:\luasocket-2.0.2-lua-5.1.2-Win32-vc6\wildcard.lua’
no file ‘D:\luasocket-2.0.2-lua-5.1.2-Win32-vc6\wildcard\init.lua’
no file ‘.\wildcard.dll’
no file ‘D:\luasocket-2.0.2-lua-5.1.2-Win32-vc6\wildcard.dll’
no file ‘D:\luasocket-2.0.2-lua-5.1.2-Win32-vc6\loadall.dll’
stack traceback:
[C]: in function ‘require’
_test.lua:1: in main chunk
[C]: in function ‘dofile’
stdin:1: in main chunk
[C]: ?
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    2026-05-18T03:02:49+00:00Added an answer on May 18, 2026 at 3:02 am

    Try

    package.loaded.wildcard = false
    

    See refman which describes the package table.

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