Re: Goto and return ('end' expected)

[Axel Kittenberger <axkibe@...>]

> I.e. an return statement must be the last statement
> in a block. A label is a statement.

Really since when and why?

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:

2015-05-06 13:47 GMT+02:00 Aapo Talvensaari <aapo.talvensaari@gmail.com>:
> Any reason for why this is not valid Lua code:
>
> for i=1,10 do
>     if i < 10 then
>         goto nxt
>     end
>     return "done"
>     ::nxt::
> end
>
> (Error: lua: a.lua:6: 'end' expected (to close 'for' at line 1) near '::')

Syntax says:

   block ::= {stat} [retstat]

I.e. an return statement must be the last statement
in a block. A label is a statement.