RE: assert() and local vars

["Eric Ries" <eries@...>]

Oops, my bad. Thanks *blush*

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br
> [mailto:owner-lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br]On Behalf Of Curt Carpenter
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 10:31 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: assert() and local vars
> 
> 
> What's wrong with the built-in assert?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Ries [mailto:eries@there.com] 
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 10:19 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: assert() and local vars
> 
> 
> Hello all... I'm working on a wrapper for C-style asserts in Lua. I am
> wondering if something like this would work:
> 
> function foo(a)
>   local b
>   b = a * 2
>   ... etc
>   LuaAssert( "a > b" )
>   ... etc
> end
> 
> function LuaAssert( cmd )
>    local result = dostring( cmd )
>    if result and result > 0 then
>       c-style-assert( 0 )
>    end
> end
> 
> The problem is that the locals a and b are not defined in LuaAssert...
> is there some way to get around this?