Re: Speaking of tables [Was: Re: python like syntax for lua]

[Peter Shook <pshook@...>]

RLake@oxfam.org.pe wrote:
> It has been changed in version 5, exactly as you describe.
> However, the old behaviour is still supported as well.

Not quite exactly, but very close.  Note that 'n' takes precedence over 
setn.

$ lua
Lua 5.0  Copyright (C) 1994-2003 Tecgraf, PUC-Rio
> t = { 11,22,33 }
> table.setn(t, 3)
> = table.getn(t)
3
> t.n = 2
> = table.getn(t)
2
>