Re: digit strings as table indexes

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

David Given wrote:
> The . syntax for tables is semantic sugar for using a string key, so
> table.four and table["four"] are equivalent --- but in this case, the thing
> after the . must be a valid keyword, and there are strict rules about that.

For the record, you had a poor choice of word here... ;-)
"The thing after the . must be a valid identifier which must not be a 
keyword" would have been better...

foo.doh is valid;
foo.for isn't.

And although legal, using 'table' as a table name, although tempting, 
even more for small demonstration snippet, is not a good idea, as you 
probably will mask the 'table' table from the standard library.

I just write that so some newbies reading this thread won't fall in some 
pitfalls! :-D

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