Re: Change in behaviour of "n" field in Lua 5.1(work)

["Adam D. Moss" <adam@...>]

Jasmin Patry wrote:
> Here is a comparison of the new and old behaviours:
>
> Old luaL_setn(t, n):
>   if t.n is a number >= 0, set t.n = n
>   else set sizes[t] = n
>
> New luaL_setn(t, n):
>   set sizes[t] = n

I hadn't noticed this... I like it MUCH better! :)

> Old luaL_getn(t, n):
>   if t.n is a number >=0, return n
>   else if sizes[t] is a number >=0, return sizes[t]
>   else count the elements.
>
> New luaL_getn(t, n):
>   if sizes[t] is a number >=0, return sizes[t]
>   else if t.n is a number >=0, return n
>   else count the elements.

I'd rather the t.n part just went away completely, personally.

--Adam
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