[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index] - Subject: Re: Location of a package
- From: Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:19:33 -0300
> It's unfortunate that the package finder function isn't exposed in Lua by > the native package lib. I hope it will be done > in Lua 5.2. > > Metalua needs it, and reimplements it. Look at function package.findfile()in > http://repo.or.cz/w/metalua.git?a=blob_plain;f=src/lib/package2.lua, and > give it your package's name as first arg, > package.cpath or package.path as a second arg, depending on whether your > module is in C or in Lua. Don't > forget to close the file handle if you don't use it. Lua 5.2 will include a package.searchpath function. It is similar to this package.findfile, but it returns only the file name (not the file handler). -- Roberto
