Re: Anyone have a 5.2 version of Peter Shook's patch?

[Gavin Wraith <gavin@...>]

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<CAPsVyB9pBJ8EMxFCiMfQrCG-dwejco2R3ojmZX8Vka-Co9VD4w@mail.gmail.com> 
you wrote:

> >      for _,record in ipairs(list) do
> >        local name,adr,email,job in record
> >        display(name,adr,email,job)
> >      end
> >
> 
> So, what about the semantics become a exprlist?
> exprlist ::= expr { ',' expr } |
>                  namelist 'in' expr
> 
> this allows some syntax:
> local a, b, c = d, e, f in t
> dump(a, b, c in t)
> local t = {a, b, c in t}

Aha, terser still. I like the idea of being able to write

        for _,record in ipairs(list) do
           display(name,adr,email,job in record)
        end

If you produce a patch to do this please send me a copy :).

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