package.seeall
Summary
Sets a metatable for the module so it can see global variables
Prototype
package.seeall (module)Description
Sets a metatable for module with its __index field referring to the global environment, so that this module inherits values from the global environment. To be used as an option to function module. For example:
module ("foo", package.seeall)
The module code applies the function package.seeall to the new package (foo) and thus now package foo can access global variables.See Also ...
Topics
Lua base functions
Lua bc (big number) functions
Lua bit manipulation functions
Lua coroutine functions
Lua debug functions
Lua io functions
Lua math functions
Lua os functions
Lua package functions
Lua PCRE regular expression functions
Lua script extensions
Lua string functions
Lua table functions
Lua utilities
ScriptingLua functions
package.config (Package configuration string)
package.cpath (Search path used for loading DLLs using the "require" function)
package.loaded (Table of loaded packages)
package.loaders (Table of package loaders)
package.loadlib (Loads a dynamic link library (DLL))
package.path (Search path used for loading Lua code using the "require" function)
package.preload (A table of special function loaders)(Help topic: lua=package.seeall)
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