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	Hi Enrico
I don't like the idea of reusing the _G name; it could lead to confusion because _G and _ENV are quite different beasts. Consider (5.1): 
a = 3
print(a) --> 3
print(_G.a) --> 3
_G = { a = 4 }
print(a) --> 3 [*]
print(_G.a) --> 4
[*] with _ENV instead of _G, this would be 4 (if I'm not mistaken).

	In fact, it will throw an error, because print (or _ENV.print)
does not exist :-)
In short, _G is just a reference to the globals table; changing _G will not change the global table. On the other hand, _ENV is an upvalue containing the current 'globals' table; changing _ENV will change the 'globals'. 
	Not exactly:
_G.print = nil -- equivalent to _ENV.print = nil
	Regards,
		Tomás

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