Recursive loop stopping after a short time

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Lua in ComputerCraft 1.5

This seems to work but the recursive loops is breaking after 4 or 5 times running.

Cannot seem to see why.

Am i doing something incredibly wrong here? Full Code

Snippet for the loop:

x = 1

function loop()
 if x > 0 then
  getTarg()
  derp1()
  sleep(2.9)
  monInit()
  loop()
 end
end

loop()

Well it will eventually overflow your stack, though not after 5 times. — Colonel Thirty Two
– Colonel Thirty Two, Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 1:24
x may clash with another global, try changing the condition to if true then .... — ryanpattison
– ryanpattison, Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 1:33

Alan Doyle · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-21 08:14:23Z

1

It looks as though you are not even using the X var... so why don't you try this... this is a more effective way to keep doing the same thing over and over

while true do
    getTarg()
    derp1()
    sleep(2.9)
    monInit()
end

answered Jun 21, 2015 at 8:14

Alan Doyle

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