Re: Why no pairs() for userdata, __len for tables?

[Thomas Lauer <thomas.lauer@...>]

"Jose Luis Hidalgo" <joseluis.hidalgo@gmail.com> wrote:

> > There may be very good reasons why there's no metamethod support for
> > this. If so, can anyone light a candle?
> 
> I'm not sure if is there any reason, but maybe this can help you, it
> is a replacement of pairs written in pure lua.

Thanks. I had already seen this and similar attempts. I do something
similar right now.

However, what I'd like to know is whether this lack of metamethod is
indeed by design.