I keep getting this error both in MVS and UNIX.
LUA: //'xcics.lua4z.samplib(cpu)':4: attempt to perform arithmetic on field '?
' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
//'xcics.lua4z.samplib(cpu)':4: in main chunk
ÝC¨: ?
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Bass, Walter W
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 2:21 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ANN] Lua4z: the Lua programming language on z/OS, with batteries
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>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]]
>On Behalf Of David Crayford
>Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:08 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [ANN] Lua4z: the Lua programming language on z/OS, with
>batteries>
>
>
<snip>
>OK, let's try simple matrix multiplication which should test both array
>access and math.
>
>/* REXX */
>arg count
>if count = "" then count = 1000000
>start = sysvar("SYSCPU")
>do i = 1 to count
> a.i = i * i
>end
>say 'CPU time = 'sysvar("SYSCPU") - start
>
>CPU time = 3.57
>
>local t = require("timer")()
>local count = arg[1] or 1000000
>local a = {}
>for i = 1, count do a[i] = a[i] * i end
>t:print_elapsed()
>
>elapsed time: 0.131965
>
>
>That's a huge difference, two orders of magnitude.
>
<snip remainder>
Maybe I'm just showing my ignorance of the Lua language syntax, but this
statement:
" a[i] = a[i] * i "
Does not appear to be the equivalent to the REXX statement:
" a.i = i * i "
In fact, I would expect that the above Lua statement is actually multiplying i
by an uninitialized variable "a[i]". Assuming the above code executes without
error, then due to the principle of least astonishment, I would imagine that
this uninitialized value is assumed to be zero.
If that IS what is happening, it will of course be MUCH faster to compute i * 0
than to compute i squared.
Can someone with Lua syntax knowledge please enlighten me?
Thanks,
Bill Bass
United HealthCare / Optum
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