Re: New scoping rule for "repeat" and "continue" patch

[Diego Nehab <diego@...>]

Hi,

> (Or, at least, it refers to a different 'i' than was declared inside the 
> loop.) So any 'continue' is in fact jumping to the end of the scope, and then 
> executing the test in the surrounding scope.
>
> I'm not suggesting that it was a bad thing to change the scope of 'until': 
> Diego has a good point about its utility. And Lua does not have a 'continue' 
> statement, so the discussion about what its semantics might be is completely 
> hypothetical, which doesn't make it less interesting :)

Hahaha. I agree. I personally don't think a continue statement is
coming. But I also personally think that if it comes, Roberto will
figure out how to do it right and fast. For now, I am happy I can use 
repeat-until loops.

[]s,
Diego.