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Utils/luarocks/share/lua/5.1/pl/init.lua

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+--------------
+-- entry point for loading all PL libraries only on demand.
+-- Requiring 'pl' means that whenever a module is accesssed (e.g. utils.split)
+-- then that module is dynamically loaded. The submodules are all brought into
+-- the global space.
+-- @class module
+-- @name pl
+
+local modules = {
+    utils = true,path=true,dir=true,tablex=true,stringio=true,sip=true,
+    input=true,seq=true,lexer=true,stringx=true,
+    config=true,pretty=true,data=true,func=true,text=true,
+    operator=true,lapp=true,array2d=true,
+    comprehension=true,xml=true,
+    test = true, app = true, file = true, class = true, List = true,
+    Map = true, Set = true, OrderedMap = true, MultiMap = true,
+    Date = true,
+    -- classes --
+}
+_G.utils = require 'pl.utils'
+
+for name,klass in pairs(_G.utils.stdmt) do
+    klass.__index = function(t,key)
+        return require ('pl.'..name)[key]
+    end;
+end
+
+local _hook
+setmetatable(_G,{
+    hook = function(handler)
+        _hook = handler
+    end,
+    __index = function(t,name)
+        local found = modules[name]
+        -- either true, or the name of the module containing this class.
+        -- either way, we load the required module and make it globally available.
+        if found then
+            -- e..g pretty.dump causes pl.pretty to become available as 'pretty'
+            rawset(_G,name,require('pl.'..name))
+            return _G[name]
+        elseif _hook then
+            return _hook(t,name)
+        end
+    end
+})
+
+if _G.PENLIGHT_STRICT then require 'pl.strict' end