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Hello,

If I understand it properly, according to the grammar at the end of
the reference manual,
the following statement should be legal (although it isn't in practice):

a = function() break end

http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#8

Here are the relevant entries:

	function ::= `function´ funcbody
	funcbody ::= `(´ [parlist] `)´ block `end´
	block    ::= chunk
	chunk    ::= {stat [`;´]} [laststat [`;´]]
	laststat ::= `return´ [explist] | `break´

I'm a self thought programmer, so my grasp of theoretical CS is a bit
hazy. Does the bug lie in the spec or in my mind?

Cheers,
-- Pierre-Yves