Re: syntax across languages (Lua)

[Pixel <pixel@...>]

nop@nop.com writes:

[...]

> > > - dictionary constructor: { a=b, c=d }
> > > dictionary access: a[e]
> > > 
> > > I don't know if the changes come from lhf (if this is the case, I accept
> > > them ;-), but I wrote { a="b", c="d" } and a["e"], because the above syntax
> > > works only if b, d and e are variables with non-nil values. And in this case,
> > > a[e] isn't the same thing than a.e
> > 
> > i don't think such a differentiation goes along with the goal of
> > syntax-across-languages.
> 
> Actually, this was a mistake in my submission too.
> 
> Given keys k1 and k2, and values v1 and v2, the general lua dictionary
> constructor is:
> 
>   {[k1]=v1, [k2]=v2}

[...]

> That's the trickiest problem I saw in our Lua submissions; you'll have
> to decide how you want to present it.

For the moment, I'll keep the simplest form { k = v }

One day, if I try to detail things (some stuff alike this occurs in perl and
others), i'll use this nice explaination.

thanks!