Re: digit strings as table indexes

[Jimmie Houchin <jhouchin@...>]

Sam Roberts wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 10:22:09AM -0600, Jimmie Houchin wrote:
> > Would it be better, even if seemingly uglier (to me) to use
> > 'ssn123-45-6789' instead of simply '123-45-6789'
> > which would make the digit string into a legitimate Lua name.
>
> Actually, it wouldn't, ssn123-45-6789 is not a lua "name":
>
> % lua
> Lua 5.0.2  Copyright (C) 1994-2004 Tecgraf, PUC-Rio
> > ssn123-45-6789 = 3
> stdin:1: `=' expected near `-'
> > ssn123 = 3
> > print(ssn123-45-6789)
> -6831

Wow, I just got bit by another assumption on my part. Oops. :)
Obviously I wasn't thinking. Nor have I attempted such. I would 
definitely have to remove the dashes to make such valid.

Thanks for pointing that out to me.

It helps in training my mind to spot thinking errors.

Jimmie