Re: setfenv/getfenv
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- Subject: Re: setfenv/getfenv
- From: Petite Abeille <petite_abeille@...>
- Date: 2010年1月12日 19:13:18 +0100
[edited for brevity]
On Jan 12, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> The main motivation was that, in our view, setfenv/getfenv was too
> dynamic.
Hmmm... since when is there such a thing as "too dynamic" in Lua?
> In other words, almost anything can change the environment of anything.
Yes, and?
> We tried to restrict such uses.
Why? We are all consenting adults, no?
To quote your own words, albeit in a different context:
"Therefore, Lua avoids too much redundancy and artificial restrictions. If you do not want to access something inside an object, just do not do it."
http://www.lua.org/pil/16.4.html