Re: table output

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> > I'm sure everyone on this list has written a table serializer at some
> > point.  Here's mine:
> > http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/projects/luaAV/browser/trunk/extra/modules/serializer/init.lua
> > 
> > wes
> 
> Should this reply be understood as "there is a need for this in core lua"?

I think it should be understood as "it is not trivial to be concise,
meaningful, unambiguous and fit for all purposes here, as a standard
function would have to be." (thanks to Duncan.)

-- Roberto