Re: A Batteries API specification (was Re: LuaDEAL - Lua DEad Alive Libraries)

[Sean Conner <sean@...>]

It was thus said that the Great Thorkil Naur once stated:
> Hello Sean,
> 
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 06:46:32PM -0500, Sean Conner wrote:
> > ...
> > Usage:        for entry in glist([name]) do ... end
> > Desc:         Return an iterator for traversing a directory; if not given,
> >               traverse the current directory.
> > Input:        name (string/optional) name of directory, defaults to current directory
> > Return:       (iterator function)
> >               (iterator state)
> >               (iterator var) (string) filename
> 
> What happens when glist(name) is called with a name that would cause
> list(name) to fail?

  There's no iteration (or rather, the loop is immediately exited).  Are you
expecting perhaps error() be called?  

> And similarly, what happens when gexpand(pattern) is called with a
> pattern that would cause expand(pattern) to fail?

  Same here.  No iteration.

  -spc