Re: continuations (was Re: error() or nil, 'error msg')

[Tim Hill <drtimhill@...>]

On Sep 26, 2014, at 8:51 PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:

>>>> Yes, yield is a specific case, just as exceptions are a specific case
>>>> and setjmp/longjmp is a specific case. We'd have to go to something
>>>> like Scheme to get generalized continuations.
>>> 
>>> Or to Lua with gotos to outside a function ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> is that a hint of things to come?
> 
> Quite the opposite. It is a hint of how difficult (or how far fetched)
> it is to remove that limitation.
> 
> -- Roberto
> 

Sighs in relief :)

—Tim