Modules in Löve

[kikito]

Hello fellow lövers!

I'd like to develop something on LÖVE, but I'd be much more comfortable if I was able to split my lua code on several files.

A folder would actually be nice, too.

"Vanilla" LUA offers "require" and "module" functions for organizing your code - what is the nearest equivalent in LÖVE?

Let's imagine that I want to create a package with the following structure:

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  main.lua
  package/
    module1.lua
    module2.lua
    init.lua  

What should I include on each of the 3 lua files above?

Thanks a lot

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[F687/s]

"Vanilla" LUA offers "require" and "module" functions for organizing your code - what is the nearest equivalent in LÖVE?

Well, um... require() , to tell the truth. In version 0.5.0, you can use love.filesystem.require() to load external code, but 0.6 just simplifies it down to require. Just place all the includes in your load() function (or love.load() for 0.6), and experience the magic of code organization!

Hope that answers your question.

[osgeld]

ok i have a question

by default core lua likes require differently than one would expect
ie

require("bob.lua") looks in folder bob for *.lua
and
require("bob") loads bob.lua

I havent gotten around to luv 6 and was wondering how this new require function works, is is like core lua or like love.filesystem.require()

spanks

[bartbes]

Like love.filesystem.require

[kikito]

Hey guys,

Thanks for your input. However, you didn't tell me anything I didn't already know.

What I need are the details. For example:

• What should Iwrite on main.lua? require 'package'? 'package.module1'? or love.filesystem.require something? Should I use
• Can I use "module" on my module files? If so, do I get it to work? Is there a special syntax in LÖVE?

I've tried the "vanilla LUA way"(section 5.3 on http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html) doesn't seem to work on LÖVE.

What am I supposed to write on main.lua, module1.lua and module2.lua?

Thanks and regards!

[bartbes]

Yes, you can use module, and require like this:

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require "module1.lua"

[Tenoch]

I still don't get why we don't comply totally to the Lua standard and make require() take only the module name, without the .lua
Especially if you use the module() function in it, which iirc uses the name passed to require() to name to module.

(Oh and Lua is capitalized Lua. Not LUA. )

[bartbes]

Ask rude, I have asked him the same question before.

[rude]

I still don't get why we don't comply totally to the Lua standard and make require() take only the module name [...]

In 0.6.0, you can choose between require("foo.lua"), and require("foo"). You can also do require("foo.bar"), which will expand to "foo/bar.lua".

[Tenoch]

Awesome!

/me happy