Re: Array access indirection

["Wesley Smith" <wesley.hoke@...>]

> Just a suggestion, but in addition it would probably suit you more to do:
>
> rt={} -- new empty table
>
> rt[var]={}
> rt[var][pa1]=va1
> rt[var][pa2]=va2
>
> var="eek"  -- change table
>
> rt[var]={}
> rt[var][pa1]=va1
> rt[var][pa2]=va2
>
> etc. since you will probably be doing it in a loop anyway, I imagine.
>
> Matthew.
>

my personal preference for nested table style is:

rt = {}

local t = {}
t[pa1] = va1
t[pa2] = va2
rt[var] = t

var="eek"
local t = {}
t[pa1] = va1
t[pa2] = va2
rt[var] = t

if it's in a loop (i.e. the above is unrolled) because it's cleaner in
my view (less "dereferences") and saves table accesses


or even better

rt = {
   [var] = {
      [pa1] = va1,
      [pa2] = va2,
   },

...
}