Re: Function statement name syntax in Lua

Roberto Ierusalimschy <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.lua.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Let me create more ugly example:
> 
>   self = {}
>   function self:self() return self end
>   print(self:self())
> 
> What "self" is returned here and _why_?

Once you expand all sugar, that statment becomes this:

  self["self"] = function (self) return self end

It is not that complicated, but too much sugar is bad for our health.

-- Roberto

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