Olhando para o código-fonte no arquivo scripting.c
/* This function installs metamethods in the global table _G that prevent
* the creation of globals accidentally.
*
* It should be the last to be called in the scripting engine initialization
* sequence, because it may interact with creation of globals. */
void scriptingEnableGlobalsProtection(lua_State *lua) {
char *s[32];
sds code = sdsempty();
int j = 0;
/* strict.lua from: http://metalua.luaforge.net/src/lib/strict.lua.html.
* Modified to be adapted to Redis. */
s[j++]="local mt = {}\n";
s[j++]="setmetatable(_G, mt)\n";
s[j++]="mt.__newindex = function (t, n, v)\n";
s[j++]=" if debug.getinfo(2) then\n";
s[j++]=" local w = debug.getinfo(2, \"S\").what\n";
s[j++]=" if w ~= \"main\" and w ~= \"C\" then\n";
s[j++]=" error(\"Script attempted to create global variable '\"..tostring(n)..\"'\", 2)\n";
s[j++]=" end\n";
s[j++]=" end\n";
s[j++]=" rawset(t, n, v)\n";
s[j++]="end\n";
s[j++]="mt.__index = function (t, n)\n";
s[j++]=" if debug.getinfo(2) and debug.getinfo(2, \"S\").what ~= \"C\" then\n";
s[j++]=" error(\"Script attempted to access unexisting global variable '\"..tostring(n)..\"'\", 2)\n";
s[j++]=" end\n";
s[j++]=" return rawget(t, n)\n";
s[j++]="end\n";
s[j++]=NULL;
for (j = 0; s[j] != NULL; j++) code = sdscatlen(code,s[j],strlen(s[j]));
luaL_loadbuffer(lua,code,sdslen(code),"@enable_strict_lua");
lua_pcall(lua,0,0,0);
sdsfree(code);
}
A doc-string de
scriptingEnableGlobalsProtection indica que a intenção é notificar os autores de scripts de erros comuns (não usar local ). Parece que isso não é um recurso de segurança, então temos duas soluções:
Pode-se remover esta proteção:
local mt = setmetatable(_G, nil)
-- define global functions / variables
function alex() return 3.1415 end
-- return globals protection mechanizm
setmetatable(_G, mt)
Ou use
rawset :local function alex() return 3.1415 end
rawset(_G, "alex", alex)
