Re: Question about local functions inside functions.

["Victor Bombi" <sonoro@...>]

Yes but notice that:

function f1(val)
   local function f2()
       print val
   end;
   return f2
end;

aa = f1(2)
aa() -->prints 2
bb = f1(3)
bb() -> prints 3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eduardo Ochs" <eduardoochs@gmail.com>
To: "Lua mailing list" <lua-l@lists.lua.org>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: Question about local functions inside functions.


> > Function f2 becomes compiled ones when F1 becomes compiled?
> yes.
>
> > Function f2 will be compiled every time i call f1?
> no.
>
> Btw, you can run this and then look at the output...
>
> cd /tmp/
>
> cat > test.lua <<'%%%'
> function f1()
>  local function f2()
>    return "test";
>  end;
>  return f2()
> end;
> %%%
>
> luac -p -l -l test.lua
>
>  Cheers,
>    E. =)
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Ulrich Schmidt <u.sch.zw@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Imagine the following lua code:
> >
> > --8<------------------------------------------------
> > function f1()
> >      local function f2()
> >        return "test";
> >      end;
> >      return f2()
> > end;
> > --8<------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Question:
> > Function f2 becomes compiled ones when F1 becomes compiled?
> > or:
> > Function f2 will be compiled every time i call f1?
> >
> > tia.
> > Ulrich.