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author | Rob Hoelz <rob@hoelz.ro> | 2013-09-04 11:39:15 +0200 |
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committer | Rob Hoelz <rob@hoelz.ro> | 2013-09-04 11:39:15 +0200 |
commit | 6c53c05dcc25e74885411832839aa19ff46ee66a (patch) | |
tree | fb84d344ac9ef14fcd7df1c3be7c3cc5c0c11e81 /lua.html.markdown | |
parent | 412b312c45ccb8922f92c4ee364819fb0add7734 (diff) |
Clarify self-referential local functions
The current language used implies that `local function f() ... end`
does not allow f to invoke itself. This has been clarified via the
addition of an example of a local function that may *not* invoke
itself.
Diffstat (limited to 'lua.html.markdown')
-rw-r--r-- | lua.html.markdown | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lua.html.markdown b/lua.html.markdown index 7325a1cf..35d68e9b 100644 --- a/lua.html.markdown +++ b/lua.html.markdown @@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ f = function (x) return x * x end -- And so are these: local function g(x) return math.sin(x) end +local g = function(x) return math.xin(x) end +-- Equivalent to local function g(x)..., except referring +-- to g in the function body won't work as expected. local g; g = function (x) return math.sin(x) end -- the 'local g' decl makes g-self-references ok. |