Re: Unnecessary New Closures

[Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@...>]

Patrick Donnelly wrote:
> I see now thanks. Perhaps an inline function addition would be nice,
> though it seems to be an almost distasteful addition. I just find
> these constructs inelegant:
>
> local x = function(a, b) end
> function sort()
>   table.sort(sometable, x)
> end

just a bit nicer:

do
  local function comparison (a,b)
    -- whatever
  end

  function mysort ()
    table sort (sometable, comparison)
  end
end

--
Javier