Re: Suggestion: file:write() and other methods should return file

[HyperHacker <hyperhacker@...>]

On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 07:34, steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 12:53 PM, HyperHacker <hyperhacker@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I just noticed that file:write() returns true on success (though the
>> manual doesn't mention any return value).
>
> Ah, but in 5.2 it does return the file object, allowing chaining:
>
> Lua 5.2.0 (beta)  Copyright (C) 1994-2011 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
>> = io.write 'hello\n'
> hello
> file (000007FEFD972AB0)
>
> steve d.
>
>

Aha, so my time machine worked! :D

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