Re: string.byte()

[Tomas <tomas@...>]

> string.byte('')  --> bad argument #2 to `byte' (out of range)
                                    ^^
> I don't feel that an empty string is an bad argument. I think to return
> nil in this case is more usefull because:
	It isn't.  The bad argument is nil where you should
use a number to indicate the position at the string.  See the
manual:

string.byte (s [, i])

Returns the internal numerical code of the i-th character of s. If i is absent, then it is assumed to be 1. i may be negative.

	Tomas