Import functions from table as local functions in Lua
lua, scope
Solution
As far as I know, you can't set local variables by name. You'd have to do it explicitly.
Fyi, the reason for there not being a `_L` table similar to `_G` is because of the lexical scoping. It is possible to have the same local variable names in multiple scopes, yet they aren't the same variables. You would have to have a `setlocal("foo", xxx)` kind of thing, but Lua doesn't have that.
Problem
I want to achieve this (import functions from util table as local values): ``` function blah () local x = util.x local y = util.y ... end ``` without having to reference each function explicitly, e.g. something like: ``` function blah() for name,f in util do ??? end end ``` Unfortunately there is no local table that I could set the way one can set _G['function_name_as_string']. Ideas?