Re: Is it worth making a patch?

["alex.mania@..." <alex.mania@...>]

Could be made optional without being ambiguous, unlike the current way
  tab = { bob = function() end or 2 }
is ambiguous, 
  tab = { function bob() end or 2 }
is obviously an error.

And yes, self is fine with a well taught editor. The only place the @ symbol differs
is possibly more confusing, as I've opted to not make it equivalent to "self" but
to the value involved, eg:

function tab:getiterator()
  return function()
    local self = "confusing self"
    return @iterator
  end
end

I chose this way to prevent confusion about what the @ symbol really means,
to someone who never uses self. (unlikely you could find such a programmer,
but still).

On Wed Jan 23 21:41 , 'steve donovan' sent:

> On Jan 23, 2008 3:39 PM, steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > function __init(width, height, depth)
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> >
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> > is of course exactly the same as
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> >
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> > __init = function(self, width, height, depth)
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> I am of course being an idiot; this is one place where it isn't true.
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> What about the commas after the function ends? They can be
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> irritating...
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> steve d.
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> )