Meta

Meta (name pending), is a small script that adds a package loader for lua. Instead of just loading files (for both pure lua and LÖVE), it also does a few string substitutions to allow for extra syntax.

###Extra syntax###

--New syntax -- old syntax
  a += b     -- a = a + b
  a -= b     -- a = a - b
  a *= b     -- a = a * b
  a /= b     -- a = a / b
  a ^= b     -- a = a ^ b
  a %= b     -- a = a % b
  a &&= b    -- a = a and b
  a ||= b    -- a = a or b
  a++        -- a = a + 1
  a--        -- a = a - 1

###Files###

meta.lua is the actual script, and main.lua and game.lua are an example for LÖVE.

###Usage###

require("meta")

Then you can use require to load m.lua files, so in the example:

--for game.lua
require("game")
--and for game.m.lua, still
require("game")

Note that normal lua files take precedence over m.lua files.