old_contents: print "----- import lua -----"
  import lua
  print "----- lg = lua.globals() -----"
  lg = lua.globals()
  print "----- lg.foo = \"bar\" -----"
  lg.foo = 'bar'
  print "----- lg.tmp = [] -----"
  lg.tmp = []
  print "----- print lg.tmp -----"
  print lg.tmp
  print "----- lua.execute(\"xxx = {1,2,3,foo={4,5}}\") -----"
  lua.execute("xxx = {1,2,3,foo={4,5}}")
  print "----- print lg.xxx[1] -----"
  print lg.xxx[1]
  print "----- print lg.xxx[2] -----"
  print lg.xxx[2]
  print "----- print lg.xxx[3] -----"
  print lg.xxx[3]
  print "----- print lg.xxx['foo'][1] -----"
  print lg.xxx['foo'][1]
  
new_contents: print "----- import lua -----"
  import lua
  print "----- lg = lua.globals() -----"
  lg = lua.globals()
  print "lg:", lg
  print "lg._G:", lg._G
  print "lg['_G']:", lg['_G']
  print "----- lg.foo = \"bar\" -----"
  lg.foo = 'bar'
  print "----- lg.tmp = [] -----"
  lg.tmp = []
  print "----- print lg.tmp -----"
  print lg.tmp
  print "----- lua.execute(\"xxx = {1,2,3,foo={4,5}}\") -----"
  lua.execute("xxx = {1,2,3,foo={4,5}}")
  print "----- print lg.xxx[1] -----"
  print lg.xxx[1]
  print "----- print lg.xxx[2] -----"
  print lg.xxx[2]
  print "----- print lg.xxx[3] -----"
  print lg.xxx[3]
  print "----- print lg.xxx['foo'][1] -----"
  print lg.xxx['foo'][1]
  print "lua.require =", lua.require
  try:
      lua.require("foo")
  except:
      print "lua.require('foo') raised an exception"
  
  
subject: Test Lua's globals() and require() from Python