ref: e4b349b3fcf70ae2540b341b499bf72a17318cbe
dir: /lua/test/trace-globals.lua/
-- trace assigments to global variables do -- a tostring that quotes strings. note the use of the original tostring. local _tostring=tostring local tostring=function(a) if type(a)=="string" then return string.format("%q",a) else return _tostring(a) end end local log=function (name,old,new) local t=debug.getinfo(3,"Sl") local line=t.currentline io.write(t.short_src) if line>=0 then io.write(":",line) end io.write(": ",name," is now ",tostring(new)," (was ",tostring(old),")","\n") end local g={} local set=function (t,name,value) log(name,g[name],value) g[name]=value end setmetatable(getfenv(),{__index=g,__newindex=set}) end -- an example a=1 b=2 a=10 b=20 b=nil b=200 print(a,b,c)