Re: [Q] newbie questions about timestamp, character code, ..

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

Jerome Vuarand wrote:
> Gergo Szakal wrote:
> > if table[key] then ... end
> >
> > means that if the given key in the table is non-nil, then...
>
> Note that false is a valid table value, and in that case the test above
> will fail. To be sure a key is not used check explicitly against nil.

Yes, that's a bad habit from C (or older Lua versions...).
I always test explicitly against nil, even when there is no ambiguity, 
and use the if foo then only with variables I know being booleans.
Idem in other languages, whatever their tolerance for this idiom.
Just a personal policy, of course.

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