commit c0ed74c1e130aa6d80e5ffc7b6e32b433aca1765
parent fc6c74f1004b5f67d0503633ddb74174a3c8d6ad
Author: Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 13:24:22 -0300
Avoid the term "undefined behavior" in the manual
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/manual/manual.of b/manual/manual.of
@@ -6365,9 +6365,8 @@ The order in which the indices are enumerated is not specified,
(To traverse a table in numerical order,
use a numerical @Rw{for}.)
-The behavior of @id{next} is undefined if,
-during the traversal,
-you assign any value to a non-existent field in the table.
+You should not assign any value to a non-existent field in a table
+during its traversal.
You may however modify existing fields.
In particular, you may set existing fields to nil.