Re: Lua 5.1: Question on how the Lua parser evaluates bodies

[Alexander Walz <agena.info@...>]

Hello Luiz Henrique,

you are right with block() , I am sorry.

I get this in Lua 5.1:

C:\agena\srclua>lua
Lua 5.1.4  Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
> do
Entering block
Left block
>>    print("Lua")
Entering block
Left block
>> end
Entering block
Left block
Lua

Alex

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
> > I noticed that the Lua 5.1 parser seems to call the body() procedure
> > multiple times when parsing statements that are part of a Lua body, for
> > example statements in a `then`, `else` or `do` body.
> body()  is for parsing function bodies:
>    /* body ->  `(' parlist `)' chunk END */
>
> Perhaps you mean block():
>    /* block -> chunk */