Re: 'table' as fallback for tables

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Subject: Re: 'table' as fallback for tables
From: Tim Hill <drtimhill@...>
Date: 2016年6月25日 16:19:48 -0700

On Jun 25, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@gmx.net> wrote:

Of course there are all sorts of issues; if an array has length 4 what
does t[5] = 10 do? Should table.insert() automatically lengthen an array
when appending?

Not just when appending.

Agreed, as I noted elsewhere. My point isn’t that there would be issues, my point is that I suspect the issues would be less confusing than the current state of affairs.

—Tim

References:
- Re: 'table' as fallback for tables, Philipp Janda
- Re: 'table' as fallback for tables, Roberto Ierusalimschy
- Re: 'table' as fallback for tables, Soni L.
- Re: 'table' as fallback for tables, Roberto Ierusalimschy
- Re: 'table' as fallback for tables, Soni L.
- Re: 'table' as fallback for tables, Dirk Laurie
- Re: 'table' as fallback for tables, Soni L.
- Re: 'table' as fallback for tables, Andrew Starks
- Re: 'table' as fallback for tables, Andrew Starks
- Re: 'table' as fallback for tables, Tim Hill
- Re: 'table' as fallback for tables, Sean Conner
- Re: 'table' as fallback for tables, Philipp Janda

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