Re: [BUG] Table constructor not equivalent to left-to-right assignment (Was: Testing for a sequence ...)

[Leo Razoumov <slonik.az@...>]

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 09:55, Roberto Ierusalimschy
<roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
>> In that case the manual should not be using the wording "is equivalent
>> to" (paragraph 3.4.8) leading to the example.
>> Manual is very specific here, albeit incorrect.
>
> Why incorrect? In that particular example the two forms are equivalent.
>
> -- Roberto

Yes, in a narrow case of this very example two forms are, indeed,
equivalent but it would help if the wording explicitly mentions that
the order of initialization should be regarded as undefined.

The main pedagogical value of examples is that they capture certain
general concepts and behavior. If those generalizations come with
restrictions it would help to have them articulated explicitly.

--Leo--