Re: file:write() fails silently for read-only files

[HyperHacker <hyperhacker@...>]

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 00:51, Josh Simmons <simmons.44@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
>

I get "bad file descriptor" which seems rather misleading. No return
value is documented in the manual though.

-- 
Sent from my toaster.