Re: upcoming changes in Lua 5.2 [was Re: Location of a package]

[Shmuel Zeigerman <shmuz@...>]

Thiago Bastos wrote:
> Honestly, the only time I missed 'continue' in Lua was the first time I 
> tried to use it (and it was not there).
> Since then I've always found 'else' + indentation a reasonable 
> alternative. If you have too many nested scopes, you should decompose 
> your code in subroutines anyway.
> I'm a heavy C/C++ programmer (this means I'm used to 'continue') and the 
> absence of 'continue' in Lua doesn't bother me at all. It may actually 
> enforce good programming practices.
>
> I also think the new scoping rule for 'repeat' is a good thing. Many 
> times the control variable is not used anywhere else, but you'd have to 
> declare it in the parent scope anyway. Lua allows you to 'encapsulate' 
> this variable in the loop's scope, which is nice.

There already has been a number of threads on 'continue' in the past, 
with many pros and cons. I wouldn't like to restart that discussion once 
again. Our opinions on this matter are obviously different, and that's 
normal.
--
Shmuel