> Would this change from Lua 5.1 apply to "for
k,v in <function> do end" and other variations of 'for' as well
or just to the version with numeric limits?
Both forms of 'for':
Lua 5.1 (work) Copyright (C) 1994-2004 Tecgraf,
PUC-Rio > f = {} > for k, v in _G do table.insert(f, function()
return k.." is a "..type(v) end) end > table.sort(f, function(a, b) return a() <
b() end) > for _, fn in ipairs(f) do print(fn()) end _G is a table _LOADED is a table _TRACEBACK is a function _VERSION is a string __pow is a function assert is a function collectgarbage is a function coroutine is a table debug is a table ...
-------------------------- (current version:) Lua 5.0.2 Copyright (C) 1994-2004 Tecgraf, PUC-Rio > f = {} > for k, v in _G do table.insert(f, function()
return k.." is a "..type(v) end) end > table.sort(f, function(a, b) return a() <
b() end) stdin:1: attempt to concatenate a nil value stack traceback: stdin:1: in function `a' stdin:1: in function <stdin:1> [C]: in function `sort' stdin:1: in main chunk [C]: ? >