RE: Why no metamethods for logical operators?

[RLake@...]

> I believe C++ must also decide at runtime.

C++ can tell at compile time because the short-circuit
behaviour
only applies to primitive types, not classes. (You
cannot subclass
a primitive type in C++).

In my opinion, the fact that you can override short-circuiting
operators in C++ is just plain wierd. But the fact
that you
can override , is pretty wierd too. C++ gives you
lots of
latitude to write unreadable programs.

In any event, the use of "+" for "or"
and "*" for "and" makes
a lot of sense; few datatypes would require different
semantics.

Rici.