Functions as Strings

[ShayF2]

function getAllFunctions()
    local funcs = {}

    local function dump(t)
        for k, v in pairs(t) do
            --[[if type(v) == 'table' then
                dump(v)
            else]]if type(v) == 'function' then
                funcs[k] = v
            end
        end
    end
    dump(_G)
    print('hi')
    
    return funcs
end

function getFunctionFromName(name)
  local t = getAllFunctions()-- first run here
  if type(name) == 'string' then
    if t[name] then
      return t[name]
    end
  end
  return false
end

local GAF = getFunctionFromName('getAllFunctions')
GAF()-- second run here.

I'm trying to do stuff like this for string modification, loading external (not included) files, and other crazy stuff, this is really just for test purposes. Stack Overflow error occurs when repeating the same action to child tables.
Does anyone have a way around this?

Edited October 10, 2018 by ShayF