New "import" module to help tidy up all the local declarations at the top of modules

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/util/import.lua b/util/import.lua
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+
+local t_insert = table.insert;
+function import(module, ...)
+	local m = package.loaded[module] or require(module);
+	if type(m) == "table" and ... then
+		local ret = {};
+		for _, f in ipairs{...} do
+			t_insert(ret, m[f]);
+		end
+		return unpack(ret);
+	end
+	return m;
+end