Re: Shorthand for appending to a table

[David Given <dg@...>]

gary ng wrote:
> What would it mean if data is a table ? Would it be a
> positional "normal add"(like in matrix operation t[x]
> = t[x] + data[x] for x <= len of data) or extend or
> just add one item data to the table ? What if I want
> one behaviour in certain cases and the other in some
> other cases ?

In which case you'd use tables with different metamethods for each kind of
thing --- e.g., a Matrix class if you want member addition behaviour. What
we're currently discussing (I hope) is the default behaviour for tables;
specifically, tables as arrays. (I'd assume that += on a table that wasn't an
array would have the same undefined behaviour as the # operator.)

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