Lua load order

[sk89q]

I've been wondering this for a long time now: in what order are Lua files loaded? I mean the Lua files in addons/*/lua/autorun/, the ones in lua/autorun/, the ones in lua/includes/extensions/, etc. What do pure-Lua libraries do to make sure that they are available when they are required?

[|FlapJack|]

Pretty sure it's in this order.

Lua core files - standard ones (math , string and such)
Lua/includes/enum
Lua/includes/extensions
Lua/autorun/client or server
Lua/autorun/

[ralle105]

99% sure enum goes before core files.

[sk89q]

For the files in one directory (take lua/includes/enum for example), are those files loaded in a predictable order? Or does it just depend on the order that the OS returns the list of files in?

[|FlapJack|]

From what I've seen, there's no specific order. Could be wrong though.

[Lexic]

I did a feckton of tests to find this out at one point and can't find my results.
What I can remember though is that you do get this order:

lua/autorun
lua/autorun/server|client
addons/lua/autorun
addons/lua/autorun/server|client
gamemode/

[sk89q]

Thanks for the replies.

Do client Lua files load before server Lua files?

[yakahughes]

Yes

[CombineGuru]

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Unknown command "sv_rollangle"
Unknown command "sv_unlag_fixstuck"
L 04/27/2010 - 02:22:12: -------- Mapchange to gm_construct --------
loaded enum
Lua initialized (Lua 5.1)
loaded extensions
loaded autorun
loaded autorun/server
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