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

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On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 00:39:00 -0600
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.
> 

hm, when i do that ( on linux ) i _do_ get an error

  lua: filer.lua:2: attempt to index global 'f' (a nil value)
  stack traceback:
          filer.lua:2: in main chunk
          [C]: ?

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