Re: question about local function closures

[Wim Couwenberg <w.couwenberg@...>]

> 	local helper
> 	helper = function()
> 		print (helper)
> 	end

> this code pattern is useful for recursive functions (calling helper
> inside helper) and i use it all the time.

You can also write

	local function helper() print(helper) end

This is sugar for what you wrote above, so helper will be an upvalue (to 
the function itself) in the function body.

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Wim