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List:       lua-l
Subject:    Re: Behaviour of "local"
From:       Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf () tecgraf ! puc-rio ! br>
Date:       2001-02-23 3:06:56
Message-ID: 200102230306.AAA15006 () ibere ! tecgraf ! puc-rio ! br
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>but leaves me confused about why the getglobal tag
>method that import sets lets the code executed with dofile see global
>functions like print and globals from the file that called import, but not
>_ERRORMESSAGE.

Because _ERRORMESSAGE is called implicitly in ldo.c and its value is not
obtained by calling lua_getglobal (calling lua_getglobal when handling errors
might generate other errors...)
But, yes, I see your point.
--lhf

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