require("import") -- the import fn import("template_construct") -- import lib into global tc=template_construct --alias -- catching undefined variables local env = _ENV -- Lua 5.2 if not env then env = getfenv () end -- Lua 5.1 setmetatable(env, {__index=function (t,i) error("undefined global variable `"..i.."'",2) end}) foo = tc.Foo_int(1)