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Lua 5.5: for variables are const #497

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In Lua 5.5 beta, for loop variables are const, resulting in errors such as this:

$ lua5.5 -l pl.tablex
lua5.5: error loading module 'pl.tablex' from file '/usr/share/lua/5.5/pl/tablex.lua':
	/usr/share/lua/5.5/pl/tablex.lua:106: attempt to assign to const variable 'k'
stack traceback:
	[C]: in ?
	[C]: in function 'require'
	[C]: in ?

Instances spotted so far (using luac5.5 -p on files):

pl/app.lua:197: attempt to assign to const variable 'k'
pl/lapp.lua:221: attempt to assign to const variable 'line'
pl/seq.lua:129: attempt to assign to const variable 'v'
pl/tablex.lua:106: attempt to assign to const variable 'k'

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