Re: Static variables

["D Burgess" <db@...>]

>As a proponent of functional programming

Buy the book
http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/book/

Worthwile from a programming perspective, even if you
dont use Lua.

regards
David B

Phil Bewig <pbewig@swbell.net> wrote:

>Phil Bewig <pbewig <at> swbell.net> writes:
>
>> 
>> I'm considering lua for a specific project.  One of my needs is for static
>> variables that retain their value from one invocation of a function to the
>> next.  In a quick reading of the manual section on variable scoping, I saw
>> no mention of static variables.  Does lua provide static variables?  Did I
>> miss something while reading the manual?
>> 
>> Many thanks,
>> 
>> Phil
>> 
>> 
>> 
>Thanks for the replies.  So many, and so quickly!
>
>I should have figured this out myself, as Scheme and ML both arrange things
>the same way; I didn't immediately understand the nature of blocks during my
>quick scan of the manual.  As a proponent of functional programming, one of
>the features that makes me consider lua is first-class functions, though I
>might miss built-in lists (yes, I know I can simulate them with hash tables).
>What else will likely be familiar to me?
>
>Phil