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can someone tell me if its possible in lua to do something like this? where it uses a module file to include other module files using a single lua header?

--main.lua
require "std"
local test = WIDGETS[0]
--std.lua
require "std.constants" -- this is the problem its local to this file only
require "std.functions" -- this is the problem its local to this file only
-std.constants.lua
WIDGETS = 
   NONE,
   PANEL,
   BUTTON
I need to do something like this so I don't have to type std.constants.WIDGET[whatever]
You could add the line local WIDGETS = std.constants.WIDGETS after your require "std". Then, all functions in that file can reference WIDGETS without polluting the global namespace: 
-- main.lua
require "std"
local WIDGETS = std.constants.WIDGETS
local test = WIDGETS[0]
You would only have to do this once per file. 
                thats the thing though I want it to put it in the global namespace thats why I was doing it that way. I don't want to have to require it and assign all of the functions and constants to a variable for every file, there could be hundreds of functions and constants
– Shadowblitz16
                May 2, 2018 at 1:46
        
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