Re: Noob question -- On error, exit function and terminate script

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@...>]

On 27/06/2011 18.05, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
> > I must nevertheless admit that the description for assert is slightly vague:
> >
> > "Issues an error when the value of its argument v is false (i.e., nil or
> > false);..."
> >
> > I'll suggest to change it to:
> >
> > "Calls the function 'error' when the value of its argument v is false
> > (i.e., nil or false);..."
>
> This wording is misleading because assert does not call error.

Oh, thank you for correcting me.

> In particular,
> the wording you suggest may induce the user to think that if the error function
> is redefined then the new definition will be used by assert, which is not true.

Ok. My bad! I didn't take this possible misinterpretation into account. :-(

Nevertheless, I'm still convinced that a few words about "assert" being 
part of the "standard" error management framework of Lua could be very 
useful.

>
Cheers
-- Lorenzo