Re: Lua modules with differing extensions

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On 2016-08-22 11:57, Sevan / Venture37 wrote:
> On OS X some Lua modules end up with a .dylib extension, by default
> Lua only looks for modules with .so extension in its search path. Can
> Lua be set to accommodate native shared library file extensions?

For the lua code that I run on both NetBSD and OS X I set something like 
this before I do much else:

  package.cpath = package.cpath .. ";/path/to/osx/modules/?.dylib"

It's harmless on NetBSD but allows modules to be picked up on OS X.
I believe one can also set this with LUA_INIT or LUA_CPATH but I
prefer the above approach as less effort is required to run the
scripts elsewhere.

I'm not sure if this is at all helpful but I too would like to
know of a cleaner solution, if anyone knows one.

- Travis