Re: Why is "then" required in the if statement?

[Matt Campbell <mattcampbell@...>]

> if p < 8 p = 9 end

Seems unambiguous to me.  In Lua, "p < 8" is an expression that's not a 
function call, so it can't be a statement.  Likewise, "p = 9" is an 
assignment, so it can't be an expression.  Moreover, Lua never allows 
two expressions next to each other, except in the case of a function 
call whose sole argument is a string literal or table constructor; in 
that case, the second expression (the function argument) could not be 
mistaken for a statement.

Matt