Resolved issue 83

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/lua/LuaDataModel.cpp b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/lua/LuaDataModel.cpp
index 6fc5ac4..67294da 100644
--- a/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/lua/LuaDataModel.cpp
+++ b/src/uscxml/plugins/datamodel/lua/LuaDataModel.cpp
@@ -334,16 +334,23 @@ Data LuaDataModel::evalAsData(const std::string& content) {
 			data = getLuaAsData(_luaState, luabridge::LuaRef::fromStack(_luaState, -1));
 		}
 		lua_pop(_luaState, retVals);
+        return data;
 	} catch (ErrorEvent e) {
-		int retVals = luaEval(_luaState, trimmedExpr);
+    }
+    
+    try {
+		// evaluate again without the return()
+        int retVals = luaEval(_luaState, trimmedExpr);
+        
 		if (retVals == 1) {
 			data = getLuaAsData(_luaState, luabridge::LuaRef::fromStack(_luaState, -1));
-			lua_pop(_luaState, retVals);
-		} else {
-			lua_pop(_luaState, retVals);
-			throw e; // we will assume syntax error and throw
-		}
-	}
+        }
+        lua_pop(_luaState, retVals);
+        return data;
+
+    } catch (ErrorEvent e) {
+        throw e; // we will assume syntax error and throw
+    }
 
 	return data;
 }
diff --git a/test/issues/test-issue83.scxml b/test/issues/test-issue83.scxml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3afb86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issues/test-issue83.scxml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<scxml datamodel="lua" initial="Start" name="Root" version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/07/scxml">
+    <state id="Start">
+        <onentry>
+            <script>x = 15
+print(string.format(&quot;x=%d&quot;,x))
+            </script>
+            <raise event="done" />
+        </onentry>
+        <transition event="error.*" target="fail"/>
+        <transition event="*" target="pass"/>
+    </state>
+    <final id="pass"/>
+    <final id="fail"/>
+</scxml>