Re: table library API change proposal
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- Subject: Re: table library API change proposal
- From: Axel Kittenberger <axkibe@...>
- Date: 2011年4月14日 15:17:13 +0200
> The current table library isn't convenient to manage FIFOs
> efficiently. Given a table containing some elements,
Take a look at:
http://www.lua.org/pil/11.4.html
Pretty efficient FIFO, isn't it?
Its a matter of taste of going with Robertos "no problem in 200 years"
pragmatism, or if you want to add a modulo wrap around to run forever.
Additionally as matter of impression, one can shoot down any idea by
referencing another programming language, cause we want to be differen
:-)
So there i shoot: Javascripts splice,
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_splice.asp
I like it, simple and powerfull, optional remove and optinal append
and insert all in one convenient call. I'd only argue to remove the
return value for performance.
Kind regards ;-)