-- Always warn when creating a global variable, even outside of a function. -- This ignores mod namespaces (variables with the same name as the current mod). local WARN_INIT = false local function warn(message) print(os.date("%H:%M:%S: WARNING: ")..message) end local meta = {} local declared = {} function meta:__newindex(name, value) local info = debug.getinfo(2, "Sl") local desc = ("%s:%d"):format(info.short_src, info.currentline) if not declared[name] then if info.what ~= "main" and info.what ~= "C" then warn(("Assignment to undeclared global %q inside" .." a function at %s.") :format(name, desc)) end declared[name] = true end -- Ignore mod namespaces if WARN_INIT and (not core.get_current_modname or name ~= core.get_current_modname()) then warn(("Global variable %q created at %s.") :format(name, desc)) end rawset(self, name, value) end function meta:__index(name) local info = debug.getinfo(2, "Sl") if not declared[name] and info.what ~= "C" then warn(("Undeclared global variable %q accessed at %s:%s") :format(name, info.short_src, info.currentline)) end return rawget(self, name) end setmetatable(_G, meta)