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| author | jbe |
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| date | Tue Jun 27 17:34:02 2017 +0200 (2017-06-27) |
| parents | 9fdfb27f8e67 |
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1 --[[--
2 slot.select(
3 slot_ident, -- name of a slot
4 function()
5 ... -- code to be executed using the named slot
6 end
7 )
9 This function executes code in a way that slot.put(...) and other functions write into the slot with the given name. Calls of slot.select may be nested.
11 --]]--
13 function slot.select(slot_ident, block)
14 local old_slot = slot._active_slot
15 slot._active_slot = slot_ident
16 block()
17 slot._active_slot = old_slot
18 end