table constructor and loadstring()?

[PA <petite.abeille@...>]

Hello,

I'm trying to load a table from a string, using loadstring(). This 
works alright, but I'm somewhat unsure about the proper syntax for the 
table...

To load the table, I do the following:

local aContent = aFile:read( "*all" )
local aChunk, aStatus = loadstring( "return " .. aContent )
local aTable = aChunk()

But if I use the following construct:

{
	"669" = "audio/x-mod"
}

... loadstring() fails with the following exception:

[string \"return {...\"]:2: `}' expected (to close `{' at line 1) near 
`='

If I use the more formal bracket notation:

{
	[ "669" ] = "audio/x-mod"
}

... everything works fine.

What gives?

For the record I'm using lua-5.1-work5.

Thanks!

Cheers

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