Re: local function xxx and local yyy= function

["Alex Davies" <alex.mania@...>]

> Why lua do not make them(local function xxx and local yyy= function) as 
> the same?
>
> -Duncan

Because the scope of "local yyy" doesn't begin until the next statement. 
Makes things like this possible:

local temp = a + b
local temp = temp * 2

Where as if they were the same the second line would throw a arithmetic on 
nil error. (or even worse, that position may be entirely uninitialized).

To special case functions would be very difficult for the parser (and 
confusing), as you may have a scenario like this:

local temp = function() return temp end or temp

Where each use of temp is a different one.

- Alex