Re: Lua 5 Grammar update

[Maxime Petazzoni <maxime.petazzoni@...>]

> Mmm, did my job and searched the archive...
> Gavin Wraith expressed the same concern in a 2005/05/19 message...
> OK, if I understand correctly Roberto's answer, you cannot nest comments 
> of same level (same number of = signs) but you can nest comments of 
> different levels, ie. it is legal to write:
> 
> --[==[ Comment out large section of code
> Foo()
> print [[C:\Program Files\42.txt]]
> Bar()
> ]==]
> 
> while you cannot write: a = [=[ Groo [=[ Stupid ]=] Wanderer ]=]
> 
> Am I right? This make sense!
> 
> Is [=[ Blah [==[ Hoops ]==] Goo ]=] legal? I suppose so, I guess levels 
> are just for differentiation, not for deepness.

You're right. You can write [==[ Blah [=[ Hoops ]=] Gpp ]==] as well.

- Sam

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