Re: x=os.read() ?

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@...>]

On 27/10/2013 10.48, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Jeff Pohlmeyer <yetanothergeek@gmail.com> [13-10-27 10:32]:
>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 4:24 AM,  <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>>> os.read of that form is mentioned in the book "Programmin in Lua, 2ed
>>> edition".
>>
>> Are you sure you don't mean io.read() ?
>>
>>  - Jeff
>>
> 
> ...since it does not work, I am not sure... ;)
> 
> On the other side: Page 31 of "Programming in Lua, 2ed Edition" says:
> 
>     -- print the first non-empty input line
>     repeat
>     line = os.read()
>     until line ~= ""
>     print(line)
> 
[...]

Jeff is right, in that example there is a typo, `os.read` should be
`io.read`. In PiL3 the example has been corrected.

-- Lorenzo


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