Confusing assert() message

["Alexander Gladysh" <agladysh@...>]

Hi, list!

Lua 5.1.4  Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
> assert(table.remove({}))
stdin:1: bad argument #1 to 'assert' (value expected)
stack traceback:
    [C]: in function 'assert'
    stdin:1: in main chunk
    [C]: ?

> assert(table.remove({}), "error")
stdin:1: error
stack traceback:
    [C]: in function 'assert'
    stdin:1: in main chunk
    [C]: ?

I think that assert() should treat "no return value" from C functions
as nil. Calls to assert() without arguments should be rare enough to
be irrelevant from the error message point of view.

Alexander.