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Also, what about __newindex for an "assignment operator"
wes

On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Matthew Paul Del Buono
<delbu9c1@erau.edu> wrote:
> As a side note, for clarification,
>
>>
>>Having said that, what is the result of the following?
>>
>>print(a,b = true,nil)
>>
>
> It is arguable that the result of this should be equivalent to
>
> print(true, nil)
>
> For the same argument, then, let us take the following:
>
> if a,b = true,nil then
>   print(true)
> else
>   print(false)
> end
>
> or similarly:
>
> print(not not(a,b = true,nil))
>
> Where:
>
> if true, nil then print(true) end
>
> Results in the error: 'then' expected near ','
>
> Which is the most logical reduction, imho.
>
> Regards,
> -- Matthew P. Del Buono
>
>
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