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So now that module(...) is deprecated does anyone know the expected standard pattern? The changes say to just build it with code (setting _ENV?) but do the devs have a "right way" to do it?

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The Lua developers are generally not very fond of endorsing a single "right way" to do things. But basically, it's something like:

    -- localize all the stuff you need
    local _ENV = {}
    -- module code
    return _ENV

So really not that much code to add yourself.

An easy way is to just define your functions in a table, and at the end of the file to be required, return the table. This was the pattern used in Lua before 5.1. The source for Luacov provides a clear example:

https://github.com/keplerproject/luacov/blob/master/src/luac...

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