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Tim Hill <drtimhill@gmail.com> writes:
> However, it seems to me that there is one hole in this clean model:
> the inability of a metatable to project a "type" into the Lua code
> space.
...
> Thoughts anyone?
I think the entire concept of a "type()" function is sort of fragile,
and really not what you want as a general interface.
Something like type predicates would be much better. So the trick is,
assuming a standard set of type predicates, how do you extend them to
work on user types?
-Miles
-- 
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reduced computational effort, but also with understanding and
increased self-esteem. -- Numerical methods in C,
 Chapter 9. "Root Finding and Nonlinear Sets of Equations"

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