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David Given <dg@cowlark.com> writes:

> Asko Kauppi wrote:
>> Am I missing something here?  Did you actually run the code?
>>
>> The b=1,10 do ... end loop is having its own local b, and 'b=1' is
>> retained after the loop.
>
> Whoops. Of course it is. I think this is technically known as a 'thinko'...
>
> You may mentally replace the for loop in my example with 'b=1 while
> (b<=10) do print b end', if you wish.

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David Kastrup