Re: Multiple values returned or vararg expression in numeric for loop

[Frank Meier-Dörnberg <frank@...>]

Am 13.09.2012 16:42, schrieb Egor Skriptunoff:
> 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)?
May be an "iterator" what you are lokking for?
E.g. see: http://www.lua.org/pil/7.1.html

Cheers
Frank