Re: Lua 5.4 local attribute syntax whitespace sensitivity

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> As far as i understand, the current (5.4.0) parser requires a space
> after the attribute's closing '>' if it's followed by a '=', resulting
> in an error "'>' expected near '>='" when parsing e.g. "local
> a<close>=f()". I don't mind that too much, but it seems a bit
> inelegant to me. Is it going to stay this way, or will the construct
> without a space be allowed eventually?

I liked the "eventually" in this question :-)

  e·ven·tu·al·ly
  adverb

    in the end, especially after a long delay, dispute, or series of
    problems.

-- Roberto