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On 03/13/2018 07:43 PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
>> btw, I notice that there is a new keyword, "undef", not mentions in manual,
>> is that just a undocumented feature or the doc just not the latest?
> 
> I am grad you asked :-)
...
> t[i]=undef is a special syntax form that means "remove the key 'i'
> from table 't'". You can only use 'undef' in three specific forms:
> 
> t[i] = undef -- remove a key from a table
> t[i] == undef -- test whether a table has a key
> t[i] ~= undef -- test whether a table has a key
> 
> Any other use of 'undef' gives a syntax error.
So you couldn't do:
function foo()
 return undef
end
t[i] = foo()
t[i] = bar or undef
Still, very interesting feature idea.
Scott

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