Re: Numeric for loop: Changing control variable REALLY dangerous?

[Gé Weijers <ge@...>]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 4:47 AM Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:

- It is possible that the next Lua version will operate directly with
the loop variable, without any internal copy.

- It is possible that, in the next Lua version, the loop control
variable will be implicit declared as <const> to make the above change
safer.

The second item would be a good idea, for both the numeric and generic for loops. 

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Gé