Recursive Require

[yetneverdone]

Okay, ive implemented headchant's recursiveRequire function like this

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function recursiveRequire(folder,tree)
 local tree = tree or {}
  for i,file in ipairs(love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems(folder)) do
    local filename = folder .. "/" .. file
    if love.filesystem.isDirectory(filename) then
        recursiveRequire(filename)
    elseif file:match(".lua") == ".lua" then
			require(filename:gsub(".lua",""))
		end
  end
  return tree
 end

It works, but how can i use for example kikito's love-loader module? In that module's wiki, it says i should use

local loader = require("love-loader")

so that i can reference it when using its functions, but with the recursive implementation above, i cant seem to refer to that module.

Help

[Lucyy]

It seems to me that the tree parameter in your function is never used, besides for returning it unchanged. And since they say to load Kikito's Love-loader as local loader = require("love-loader") I believe that you need to store that module in a variable.

Have you tried storing the required files in the returned tree variable? Maybe that'll work

[yetneverdone]

It seems to me that the tree parameter in your function is never used, besides for returning it unchanged. And since they say to load Kikito's Love-loader as local loader = require("love-loader") I believe that you need to store that module in a variable.

Have you tried storing the required files in the returned tree variable? Maybe that'll work

Idk about the tree, it's from headchant's boilerplate.
Yes, i need to store that module in a variable, but if I used the recursive require system, i wont be able to store that module in a variable, unless i do

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LIBS = {}
table.insert(LIBS, require(etc etc))
LIBS[key of module] 

is not convenient.

What do you suggest about the tree?

[Lucyy]

In the function you posted the tree parameter is never used and gets returned unchanged at the end of the function, I'm assuming it's supposed to be used to store the libraries in.

This would mean you would need to change

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require(filename:gsub(".lua",""))

into

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table.insert(tree, require(filename:gsub(".lua","")))

This also means that you would want the files required from any subdirectories to be inserted into the same table, therefore you need to pass your current tree to the function call as well.

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tree = recursiveRequire(filename, tree)

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This would change the function into:

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function recursiveRequire(folder,tree)
    local tree = tree or {}
    for i,file in ipairs(love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems(folder)) do
        local filename = folder .. "/" .. file
        if love.filesystem.isDirectory(filename) then
            tree = recursiveRequire(filename, tree)
        elseif file:match(".lua") == ".lua" then
	    table.insert(tree, require(filename:gsub(".lua","")))
	end
    end
    return tree
 end

[yetneverdone]

In the function you posted the tree parameter is never used and gets returned unchanged at the end of the function, I'm assuming it's supposed to be used to store the libraries in.

This would mean you would need to change

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require(filename:gsub(".lua",""))

into

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table.insert(tree, require(filename:gsub(".lua","")))

This also means that you would want the files required from any subdirectories to be inserted into the same table, therefore you need to pass your current tree to the function call as well.

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tree = recursiveRequire(filename, tree)

EDIT:
This would change the function into:

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function recursiveRequire(folder,tree)
    local tree = tree or {}
    for i,file in ipairs(love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems(folder)) do
        local filename = folder .. "/" .. file
        if love.filesystem.isDirectory(filename) then
            tree = recursiveRequire(filename, tree)
        elseif file:match(".lua") == ".lua" then
	    table.insert(tree, require(filename:gsub(".lua","")))
	end
    end
    return tree
 end

But still, i can't access the module in the proper way using a variable.

[Lucyy]

The variable will be in the table the function returns

[yetneverdone]

The variable will be in the table the function returns

Whats that variable's name or reference then? Would that be according to the name of the module?

[Lucyy]

I'm gonna assume it'll be a number index, if you want to call it by name (e.g. libs["modulename"]), you could replace

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table.insert(tree, require(filename:gsub(".lua","")))

with

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tree[filename:gsub(".lua","")] = require(filename:gsub(".lua",""))

And that should allow you to access it by using libs["module"]

I haven't tested this though, and it's been a while since I last wrote anything in Lua ;o

[yetneverdone]

I believe you cant do that in lua. Ive tried

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filename:gsub(".lua","") = require (etc etc)

Before. Throws an error

[Lucyy]

What error does it throw?