On 21/06/14 20:34, Duncan Cross wrote: [...] > My understanding is that the blurred distinction between statement and > expression that you find in C adds a level of complexity to the parser > that (the Lua team have decided) is not justified. As a language that > is usually parsed at run-time, Lua's syntax is designed, from the > bottom up, to be parsed/compiled quickly. A strict separation between > statement and expression is a part of this. I've tried to implement this sort of thing myself. It's a pig, with rough edges everywhere. Consider: a, b, c = function_returning_multiple() vs. function_with_arguments(a, b, c = function_returning_multiple()) Making assignments expressions simplifies things no end. -- ┌─── ｄｇ＠ｃｏｗｌａｒｋ．ｃｏｍ ───── http://www.cowlark.com ───── │ "There does not now, nor will there ever, exist a programming │ language in which it is the least bit hard to write bad programs." --- │ Flon's Axiom
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