Re: assert with any type as message (like error)

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>]

> Unfortunately, it is not possible with assert, you *must* pass a string. 
> I think it can be great to also have assert working like error so the 

This is supported in Lua 5.3.0 (work3).

For Lua 5.2, you can simply redefine assert:

function assert(cond,...)
	if cond then
		return cond,...
	else
		error(...)
	end
end

This is how assert is implemented in 5.3.