The Lua module design is not the most friendly thing in the world to use. It uses magic environment manipulation which is confusing to new users.

I am going to show you another paradigm. I am going to call it a "namespace" but it is nothing more than a table.

This is how you create one:

myNamespace = {}

Notice it is not local. Keep that in mind when picking a name. To prevent collisions.

You now have something equivalent to a module that you can add functions and fields to.

Functions have 2 "variants", the first is akin to a "static function" and is defined using the "." :

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function myNamespace.foo()
end

Where you put it is up to you. Put it in whichever file makes the most sense.

Certainly you can put it in a file and then require the file.

You can put several of them in one file, or spread 1 across several files.

This gives you the ability to organize your code in a way that works best for you.

if you want to use use require like this

1	local foo = require "myfile"

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