Re: Nested table syntax

[Marc Nijdam <mnijdam@...>]

Rici Lake wrote:

> a = {
>   b = {
>     c = 22
>   }
> }
>
> --> semicolons shouldn't appear in table constructors, although you 
> can write a comma as a semicolon for backwards compatibility.


I know the above syntax works, but why doesn't the syntax I use below?

> On 18-Aug-04, at 5:46 PM, Marc Nijdam wrote:
>
> > I'm not finding this in the book or the FAQ, so here goes:
> >
> > a = {
> >    b = {};
> >     b.c = 22;
> > };
> >
> > will fail with a "expected to close '{' at line 1"  on Lua 5.0
> >
> > According to the syntax definition in the reference manual this is 
> > supposed to work. Am I missing something?