Re: '_ENV.foo' mandatory for non-local assignment.

[Pierre-Yves Gérardy <pygy79@...>]

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 16:22, joao lobato <btnfdp.lobato@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Now, I'll be the first to recognize that my latest message in this
> list was kind of flamebait material, but honestly, I can't understand
> the need to change the language.
>
> Lua has its scope and I believe that Roberto and Luiz have made it
> clear that it's not about replacing Python/Ruby; frankly, that seems
> to be the aim of all this suggestions.
>

Sure, actually, I hesitated a lot before posting this, but I though it
wouldn't hurt.

The aim is not to replace anything, just to make what is usually
considered a best practice (using locals as much as possible) easier
to do thanks to the default syntax.

However, I don't have any strong feeling about this. I think I'll end
up writing my own thing based on the Lua VM, and won't bother the list
with these suggestions.

If it annoyed you (and others), I apologize.

-- Pierre-Yves