Re: ? assignments are not expressions ?

[Will Leshner <will@...>]

Then assignment should be an expression. And why can't I do something like

x = while y < 10 do y = y + 1 end

I imagine that might really by a maintenance nightmare, but it wouldn't have
to be used by somebody worried about such things.

> From: "Michael T. Richter" <mtr@igs.net>
> Organization: Half-Baked Software
> Reply-To: lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br
> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:13:36 -0500
> To: Multiple recipients of list <lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br>
> Subject: Re: ? assignments are not expressions ?
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>> Personally, I think all expressions should return values. To me, Lua
>> feels a lot like scheme, except that expressions don't return values.
> 
> All expressions in Lua *DO* return values.  Assignment isn't an expression.
> It's a statement.  :-)
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