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Posted 29 March 2013 - 02:56 PM
As title a small modification to os.loadAPI to allow user specified api name. Only a small modification is needed in os.loadAPI and it would be back words compatible with previous functions.
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function os.loadAPI( _sPath , _sName)
local sName = _sName or fs.getName( _sPath )
if tAPIsLoading[sName] == true then
printError( "API "..sName.." is already being loaded" )
return false
end
tAPIsLoading[sName] = true
local tEnv = {}
setmetatable( tEnv, { __index = _G } )
local fnAPI, err = loadfile( _sPath )
if fnAPI then
setfenv( fnAPI, tEnv )
fnAPI()
else
printError( err )
tAPIsLoading[sName] = nil
return false
end
local tAPI = {}
for k,v in pairs( tEnv ) do
tAPI[k] = v
end
_G[sName] = tAPI
tAPIsLoading[sName] = nil
return true
end
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That place over there. Y'know. The one where I am.
Posted 29 March 2013 - 03:25 PM
I think this is a pretty good idea!
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Posted 29 March 2013 - 03:30 PM
you can do it like this…
function customname(api)
local a = os.loadAPI(api)
return a
end
newname = customname(apiname)
and you can use newname like apiname
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Posted 29 March 2013 - 03:37 PM
you can do it like this…
function customname(api)
local a = os.loadAPI(api)
return a
end
newname = customname(apiname)
and you can use newname like apiname
I don't know how that would work could you explain it in more detail ? I was under the impression that to use the inbuilt system access to the local in bios table tAPIsLoading was needed ?? or the os.unloadAPI function won't work correctly and it will allow apis to be over ridden.
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Posted 29 March 2013 - 03:41 PM
This suggestion falls under the already-possible-enhancements clause of the Suggestions Not to Make post; locked.
function fancyAPILoad(path, name)
fs.makeDir("/tmp")
fs.move(path, "/tmp/"..name)
os.loadAPI("/tmp/"..name)
fs.move("/tmp/"..name, path)
fs.delete("/tmp")
end