Re: "continue" construct in Lua loops

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

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Well,

as I briefly mentioned some weeks back, at least i wasn't able to  
crack the continue case into a token filter. In fact, I think it does  
not suit filtering at all. VERY interested if someone succeeds;  
please do.

We all do know there's a patch, right?  http://lua-users.org/wiki/ 
LuaPowerPatches

- -asko


Javier Guerra kirjoitti 21.12.2006 kello 15.32:

> On Thursday 21 December 2006 8:21 am, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> > > Is there a more elegant way?
> >
> > No :(  (At least you can be confident that the generated opcode is
> > as good as for a primitive continue ;)
>
> i guess both metalua's and token filter's wizards will soon present  
> their
> solutions.
>
> but this is not the first time this has been discussed. i beleive  
> there was a
> serious semantic problem; but i can't remember it now
>
> i'd really wish there was a 'continue' statement, in fact i've been  
> using deep
> if's, for me the 'break out of repeat' construct is an improvement!!
>
>
> --
> Javier

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