Re: A Batteries API specification (was Re: LuaDEAL - Lua DEad Alive Libraries)
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- Subject: Re: A Batteries API specification (was Re: LuaDEAL - Lua DEad Alive Libraries)
- From: Sean Conner <sean@...>
- Date: 2020年1月28日 14:27:47 -0500
It was thus said that the Great Thorkil Naur once stated:
> Hello Sean,
>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 06:46:32PM -0500, Sean Conner wrote:
> > ...
> > Usage: for entry in glist([name]) do ... end
> > Desc: Return an iterator for traversing a directory; if not given,
> > traverse the current directory.
> > Input: name (string/optional) name of directory, defaults to current directory
> > Return: (iterator function)
> > (iterator state)
> > (iterator var) (string) filename
>
> What happens when glist(name) is called with a name that would cause
> list(name) to fail?
There's no iteration (or rather, the loop is immediately exited). Are you
expecting perhaps error() be called?
> And similarly, what happens when gexpand(pattern) is called with a
> pattern that would cause expand(pattern) to fail?
Same here. No iteration.
-spc