Re: 'table' as fallback for tables

["Soni L." <fakedme@...>]

On 25/06/16 03:41 PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> > Why doesn't table.pack set a default metatable that uses self.n for __len?
> Because using an explicit ".n" in the code (and knowing what it means)
> seem simpler.
>
> -- Roberto
I see... Also why doesn't __len support numbers?

Lua 5.3.3  Copyright (C) 1994-2016 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
> #setmetatable({},{__len=3})
stdin:1: attempt to call a number value
stack traceback:
    stdin:1: in main chunk
    [C]: in ?

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