Re: References (as in Perl)

["Austin Xu Wang" <xu4wang@...>]

Hi David,

I asked the similar question 2 or 3 weeks ago. you can search the list
for "linked variable".

Basicly, as Rici pointed out, there is no such functionality in Lua, a
workaround is using a table to hold a variable..

Regards,
Austin

On 18/12/06, David KOENIG <karhudever@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there any way to make two variables point to the same exact object,
> as with references or typeglob assignment in Perl?
>
> Example in Perl:
> $a = 5;
> *b = $a;
> print $b; #prints 5
> $a = 6;
> print $b; #prints 6
>
> I've tried messing with _G and all that, but no luck so far.