more idiomatic code

git-svn-id: http://luarocks.org/svn/luarocks/trunk@60 9ca3f7c1-7366-0410-b1a3-b5c78f85698c

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/persist.lua b/src/luarocks/persist.lua
index 2bfd5765..293b5e93 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/persist.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/persist.lua
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ function load_into_table(filename, tbl)
    if not chunk then
       return nil, err
    end
-   local result = {}
-   if tbl then result = tbl end
+   local result = tbl or {}
    setfenv(chunk, result)
    chunk()
    return result