Re: Overloading Concatenate operator

[Stefan Sandberg <keffo.sandberg@...>]

Given the "depth" of lua's table, how generic they are, a 
one-size-fit-all would spawn confusion.
Sure, having that operator open for overloading shouldn't be restricted, 
(or, maybe it should, look at how c++ turned out) but a "table 
concatenation operator" is hard to define.


Walt Rorie-Baety wrote:
>    Sorry if this has already been answered, but I've always wondered: 
> has anyone ever thought of using the concatenate operator with a table,
> analogously to how it's used with strings? The awkwardness of 
> combining two tables together has always irritated me, and the 
> concatenate
> operation seems to me to represent the closest fit to the concept. Am 
> I just dreaming, have I been standing too close to the metaphorical fumes
> given off by other programming languages, or is this a possible 
> addition to the language space, if only as an experiment?
>
> --
> Walt "BMeph" Rorie-Baety
> "A mountain that eats people. I want one."   - Richard, of LFGComic.com