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--- lua:sharedtable [2015/09/28 13:07] – vodur
+++ lua:sharedtable [2015/09/28 16:36] (current) – vodur
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 ==== Sharing with different prog types ====
-All prog types have access to 'shared' table (mprog/oprog/aprog/rprog). However, if all your shared code is in mprog 1234 (as above example), only mprogs can easily load this code using loadprog. Loadprog called from oprog can only load oprogs, and similarly with aprog and rprog.
+All prog types have access to 'shared' table (mprog/oprog/aprog/rprog). However, if all your shared code is in mprog 1234 (as above example), only mprogs can easily load this code using [[:lua:ch:loadprog|loadprog]]. Loadprog called from oprog can only load oprogs, and similarly with aprog and rprog.
 One strategy to overcome this limitation is to keep all the shared code in an aprog and load it from the different prog types accordingly:
 <code lua>
-<code>
 -- aprog 1234, shared helper functions for all prog types
 if shared.helpers_loaded then return
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 <code lua>
-<code>
 -- aprog 1235
 loadprog(1234)
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 <code lua>
-<code>
 -- mprog 1234
 mob.proto.area:loadprog(1234)
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 <code lua>
-<code>
 -- oprog 1234
 obj.proto.area:loadprog(1234)
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 <code lua>
-<code>
 -- rprog 1234
 room.area:loadprog(1234)
+shared.helper1()
+shared.helper2()
+</code>
+Using '**[[:lua:loadscriptfunction|loadscript]]**' is also an option:
+<code lua>
+-- helpers_example.lua, shared helper functions for all prog types
+if shared.helpers_loaded then return
+function shared.helper1()
+    echo("helper 1 test test test")
+end
+function shared.helper2()
+    echo("helper 2 test test test")
+end
+shared.helpers_loaded=true
+</code>
+<code lua>
+-- aprog 1235
+loadscript('vodur','helpers_example')
+shared.helper1()
+shared.helper2()
+</code>
+<code lua>
+-- mprog 1234
+loadscript('vodur','helpers_example')
+shared.helper1()
+shared.helper2()
+</code>
+<code lua>
+-- oprog 1234
+loadscript('vodur','helpers_example')
+shared.helper1()
+shared.helper2()
+</code>
+<code lua>
+-- rprog 1234
+loadscript('vodur','helpers_example')
 shared.helper1()
 shared.helper2()
 </code>