numeric for statement

The Lua syntax of the numeric for statement is ugly.

for i = 1,10 do
	print(i)
end
print()
for i = 10,0,-1 do
	print(i)
end

I would like to change it to:

for i = 1 to 10 do
	print(i)
end
print()
for i = 10 to 0 step -1 do
	print(i)
end

This syntax comes from Basic and I think it is much more readable.

I agree.

done in rev 34, closing thread

I will add support for the Lua standard as well for compatibility.

done in rev 107, closing thread

I changed my mind on this again.  I think Python does this right, having no numeric for statement and instead having a range() iterator.  This means one less concept.  So instead of:

for i = 1,10 do
	print(i)
end
print()
for i = 10,0,-1 do
	print(i)
end

I now have:

for i in range(1,10) do
	print(i)
end
print()
for i in range(10,0,-1) do
	print(i)
end

This was done in rev 110.