Re: what's wrong with this loop syntax?

[john@...]

>>>>> "MN" == Michael Newberry <mnewberry@mirametrics.com> writes:

 MN> Pardon me for asking a simple question, but why can't I use this syntax?
 MN>    while (str = S:Next()) ~= nil do

 MN> or this syntax:

 MN>    while (str = S:Next()) and str ~= nil do

 MN> where S exists and S:Next() returns a string or nil.

 MN> I get this message:    `)' expected near `='

what about:

while (function() str = S:Next() return str end)() ~= nil do

?

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