Re: lua-5.1-alpha: length operator on tables (arrays) and nil

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• Subject: Re: lua-5.1-alpha: length operator on tables (arrays) and nil
• From: Lisa Parratt <lisa@...>
• Date: 2005年9月15日 15:18:12 +0100

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Rici Lake wrote:

Indeed, but it is not in fact a first-class value. On the other hand, the
fact that it appears to be useful might indicate that tuples are a
worthwhile idea.

I suspect people misinterpretted my earlier question - I don't see why ... is better than arg. It introduces inconsistencies, new compound structures, etc. with no immediately obvious advantages. What's so good about the change?

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Lisa
http://www.thecommune.org.uk/~lisa/

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