Details

In the generic for loop, it is simpler for OP_TFORLOOP to use the
same 'ra' as OP_TFORCALL. Moreover, the internal names of the loop
temporaries "(for ...)" don't need to leak internal details (even
because the numerical for loop doesn't have a fixed role for each of
its temporaries).

testes/files.lua

@@ -427,10 +427,12 @@ do   -- testing closing file in line iteration
   -- get the to-be-closed variable from a loop
   local function gettoclose (lv)
     lv = lv + 1
-    for i = 1, math.maxinteger do
+    local stvar = 0   -- to-be-closed is 4th state variable in the loop
+    for i = 1, 1000 do
       local n, v = debug.getlocal(lv, i)
-      if n == "(for toclose)" then
-        return v
+      if n == "(for state)" then
+        stvar = stvar + 1
+        if stvar == 4 then return v end
       end
     end
   end