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

[RLake@...]

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

True.

setn will never create an "n" field which doesn't exist. getn and setn
both use an "n" field if it exists; otherwise they use the weak table.

However, varargs still set the "n" field, which is how you can end
up with one.

$ 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
 >