As to 'continue', starting with Lua 5.2 you can actually simulate it perfectly with a goto continue and then a ::continue:: slapped immediately before t

As to 'continue', starting with Lua 5.2 you can actually simulate it perfectly with a goto continue and then a ::continue:: slapped immediately before the relevant loop's end. Surprisingly, it's not affected by the rule forbidding "going into new variable scope" - because "the scope of any variable ends before 'end', wink wink, nice trick we left here for you no?"