Re: string's metatable?

[Rici Lake <lua@...>]

On 20-Aug-05, at 5:55 AM, PA wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Using Lua 5.1 (work6).
>
> Is the string's metatable here to stay? Can I confidently convert from 
> 'string.len( aString )' to 'aString:len()' syntax?

I think you can even use #aString with some confidence :)

> If the string's metatable is a permanent feature, what is the 
> recommended way to add new functions to it?

As far as I can see, just them to the string table:

  string.StartsWith = StartsWith

It's the same table.

> Finally, should the metatable be available to string literals?
>
> "aString":lower()

You have to put parentheses around a string constant for this to be 
valid syntactically:

  ("aString"):lower()