Re: Why adding an extra parentheses can let function return only one return value?

[Rena <hyperhacker@...>]

On Jul 18, 2015 4:20 AM, "Dirk Laurie" <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2015-07-18 8:37 GMT+02:00 zejian ju <juzejian@gmail.com>:
> >
> >
> > 2015-07-16 19:56 GMT+08:00 Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> when building up an explist, only the last
> >> item in it may be another explist, the others must be an _expression_.
> >>
> > Yes, I hope this description of explist can be stated explicitly in the
> > manual.
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> It's only my interpretation. The official syntax states that everything
> in an explist must be an exp, which of course is adequate.
>
> But the three quotes in the manual that I cited in my previous post
> should be enough for any reasonable and careful reader.
>

In my experience the Lua manual is very information-dense. Important details are sometimes only mentioned briefly in a single sentence. This is not a bad thing; it just means you have to read closely. :-)