Re: continue/repeat...until false dichotomy

[Florian Weimer <fw@...>]

* Brian Kelley:

> I've been reading this mailing list for quite a while now, and I've
> always been puzzled by the apparent consensus, documented in the FAQ,
> that continue is somehow incompatible with repeat ... until.  The common
> example given is:
>
>   repeat
>     if cond then continue end
>     local t = 1
>     ...
>   until t == 0
>
> Sure, that code looks broken, but where is the semantic conflict?

Make it:

  repeat
    local t = 0
    if cond then continue end
    local t = 1
    ...
  until t == 0

Then the two t are actually different variables (in the current
implementation), and it's not clear to which incarnation the
comparison refers.