Re: RES: idea of vision of blueprint of ROADMAP of Lua core

[Asko Kauppi <asko.kauppi@...>]

Yes, this (classes) could well get my vote for things to commonalize 
(not standardize ;) after the modules dilemma will be out of the way.
Something like a simple 'class.' table like the rest of the Lua 
add-ons.  I'd like that. :)
Of course, there's nothing keeping us from starting that work already 
now.
-ak


14.1.2005 kello 16:57, André de Leiradella kirjoitti:

 My tentative list:
> > -  function environments (see (1) below)
> > -  coroutines (is there *anyone* at all who agrees??  :-)  )
> > -  mutable upvalues (see (2) below)
> > -  proxy constructions
> >
> > And some pluses:
> >
> > +  __pairs metamethod
> > +  __settable, __gettable metamethods
> What about:
>
> + Classes and objects
>
> It's #1 to me. This seems to be a common wish, every now and then we 
> see
> threads on this topic and many people have developed workarounds so 
> that
> it looks like Lua is a real OOP language, and (or as) the game
> programing community uses C++ a lot. It's not necessary to add
> predefined classes to the core (like Java's VM that rely on String and
> StringBuffer at least), just the ability to define classes, instantiate
> objects and calling [inherited] methods.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andre de Leiradella