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- Subject: Re: file:write() fails silently for read-only files
- From: Josh Simmons <simmons.44@...>
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:51:28 +1000
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 4:39 PM, HyperHacker <hyperhacker@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lua 5.1.4 Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
>> f=io.open('foo.foo', 'r')
>> f:write('ffd')
>> f:close()
>>
>
> Call me crazy, but I feel like f:write() should throw an error when
> trying to write to a read-only file, instead of just doing nothing.
>
> --
> Sent from my toaster.
>
>
Check the return value of write.
