Re: [[ ]] terminated literal strings issue; adding global vars

["Adam D. Moss" <adam@...>]

Mihai Hanor wrote:
> The lua 5.0.2 returns an error when using literal
> strings in code like:
>
> --first example
> print([[________]]])
> --second example
> print([[________]]________]])
>
> It doesn't allow a [[]] literal string to end with ]]]
> (at least one ] character next to the two final
> delimiter characters ]] -> this is the first example).
> Also it doesn't allow the a pair of ] characters
> between the string's delimiters (this is the second
> code example).

This is the expected and correct behaviour.

Lua 5.1 offers an alternative syntax which allows nesting
of [[ ]] blocks.

--Adam
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