Re: Multiple return value in __index metamethod

[Rici Lake <lua@...>]

On 10-Jul-07, at 1:37 PM, Lavergne Thomas wrote:

> at start I have :
>   value = object[idx]
> it was simple and elegant. I've hopped for this :
>   value, delta = object[idx]
> but it's impossible.

Sure, but you could certainly implement it as:

  value, delta = object(idx)

Just give object a __call metamethod.