Re: Locals in global namespace

["Magnus Lie Hetland" <mlh@...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Erik Hougaard <erik@hougaard.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: Locals in global namespace


> ----- Original Message -----
> > I'm just implementing some logic around local variables in jlua, and
> > discovered
> > that local variables can be declared in the global namescape in lua. Is
> this
> > by design or by coincidence?
> 
> Yes you can define a global variable inside a function. Variables without
> 'local' are automatic global :-)

Of course... I'm afraid you missed my point entirely. What I refer to is
using local declarations in the global namespace, i.e. a program
only consisting of "local x" (no functions, no nothing).

> 
> /Erik


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