In script directory loading a module from a lua script

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When I try to load a different module from a lua script in de script directory, I get an error.

I created a module from the crop-corners.lua script which John Ellis described on this forum.
That module I would like to insert = require

I tried all kind of variations to what works normally inside a plug-in, but with no luck.

local myModule = require 'myModule'

To be clear, the script is NOT a plug-in, but a lua file in the script directory. From this script I want to load a different module (lua script) in the same script directory.

[johnrellis · Accepted solution]

Interesting. The execution environment of scripts isn't documented, but clearly require() doesn't do the expected thing.

Here's a workaround:

local function scriptRequire (module)
    local LrFileUtils = import "LrFileUtils"
    local LrPathUtils = import "LrPathUtils"
    local appData = LrPathUtils.getStandardFilePath ("appData")
    local scripts = LrPathUtils.child (appData, "Scripts")
    local path = LrPathUtils.child (scripts, module .. ".lua")
    local contents = LrFileUtils.readFile (path)
    return loadstring (contents)()
    end

import "LrDialogs".message (scriptRequire ("script-require-1"))

[johnrellis · Accepted solution]

In that example, the file "script-require-1.lua" in the Scripts directory contains this:

return "Hello world"

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Thanks John, again, you hit the nail.

For those looking at this message after me, this solutions works also for modules

local function scriptRequire (module)
    local LrFileUtils = import "LrFileUtils"
    local LrPathUtils = import "LrPathUtils"
    local appData = LrPathUtils.getStandardFilePath ("appData")
    local scripts = LrPathUtils.child (appData, "Scripts")
    local path = LrPathUtils.child (scripts, module .. ".lua")
    local contents = LrFileUtils.readFile (path)
    return loadstring (contents)()
    end

local myModule = scriptRequire ("script-require-1")
local result = myModule.hello()
import "LrDialogs".message (result)

and

local myModule = {}

function myModule.hello()
	return "Hello world"
end

return myModule