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- Subject: Re: Multiple values returned or vararg expression in numeric for loop
- From: Egor Skriptunoff <egor.skriptunoff@...>
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:42:50 +0400
On 9/13/12, Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:
> The syntax of the numeric "for" is:
> for Name ‘=’ exp ‘,’ exp [‘,’ exp] do block end
> I.e. the comma is part of the syntax, and
> exp ‘,’ exp [‘,’ exp] is not an expression list.
Why numeric "for" syntax is not fully compliant with "Lua spirit"
(it implies possibility to feel free with multiple values returned
from a function anywhere instead of hard-coded list)?
