Re: The "i" in "ipairs"

["Aaron Brown" <arundelo@...>]

Roberto wrote:

> As far as I know, the "i" variables used in numeric loops
> also came from "integer", not from "indexed".

You're probably right.  But what about the "i" in "ipairs"?
Which of the following did it come from?

- the word "integer"
- the word "indexed" (or "index")
- the identifier "i" traditionally used in numeric loops
 (regardless of the source of that tradition)

I realized it may be "a bit of each", but was there a
primary source?  (The reason I wonder if it's not "integer"
is that ipairs of course only sees a table's array indexes,
not non-positive integers or integers beyond the table's
length.)

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