Re: debug.getinfo(..).name is set/nil depending on subtle differences

[Francisco Olarte <folarte@...>]

Federico:

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 12:00 PM Federico Ferri
<federico.ferri.it@gmail.com> wrote:
> I found an issue with my code and debug.getinfo() which I reduced to the following testcase:
....
> So, why in f2 the field 'name' is nil?

Mandatory tail call elimination? I get this, have not dug more as I'm
not too familiar with the expected returns:

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> function g()
>>     for k,v in pairs(debug.getinfo(1,'n')) do print(k..'='..v) end
>> end
>
> function f1()
>>     local r=g()
>>     return r
>> end
>
> function f2()
>>     return g()
>> end
> f1()
name=g
namewhat=global
nil
> f2()
namewhat=
> g()
namewhat=

Francisco Olarte.