[NTG-context] Lua userdata

[NTG-context] Lua userdata

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Hi,

I got used to declare

userdata = userdata or {}

at the begin of my Lua code, and use userdata.* for “public” variables 
and functions, but I recognized that userdata is actually a Lua 
datatype, so that might have been a misunderstanding.

Should I/we use userdata, thirddata or a different namespace convention?

Hraban
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[NTG-context] Re: Lua userdata

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context]

On 2/12/2026 4:58 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I got used to declare
> 
> userdata = userdata or {}
> 
> at the begin of my Lua code, and use userdata.* for “public” variables 
> and functions, but I recognized that userdata is actually a Lua 
> datatype, so that might have been a misunderstanding.
> 
> Should I/we use userdata, thirddata or a different namespace convention?

moduledata is for modules (like m-*), thirddata is for third party 
modules (like t-*) and userdata for users (like hraban)

all other global assignments will trigger a warning (so if you get one 
that looks suspicious i.e. is my problem you can tell me)

Hans

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[NTG-context] Re: Lua userdata

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 12.02.26 um 17:32 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:
> On 2/12/2026 4:58 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>> I got used to declare
>>
>> userdata = userdata or {}
>>
>> at the begin of my Lua code, and use userdata.* for “public” variables 
>> and functions, but I recognized that userdata is actually a Lua 
>> datatype, so that might have been a misunderstanding.
>>
>> Should I/we use userdata, thirddata or a different namespace convention?
> 
> moduledata is for modules (like m-*), thirddata is for third party 
> modules (like t-*) and userdata for users (like hraban)
> 
> all other global assignments will trigger a warning (so if you get one 
> that looks suspicious i.e. is my problem you can tell me)

Thanks for clarification.

Hraban
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