Re: Lua 5.2 Keywords - In

[Olivier Hamel <evilpineapple@...>]

Cosmin Apreutesei wrote:
> Guess "with" is reserved for RAII (I wouldn't like it, but see [1][2])
> :) Otherwise `in` feels more "immersive" :)
>
> [1] http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2009-01/msg00333.html
> [2] http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2009-05/msg00539.html
>   
That leaves 'using', which would seem a logical keyword to choose. The 
downside would be that it would add a new keyword, the upside would be 
that it eliminates a keyword overload. Or am I the only one that feels 
that 'in' isn't quite right? 'Using' just has a better ring in my opinion.

Olivier

PS: Personally I always felt comfortable using a :Release()/:Delete() 
explicit system for releasing resources deterministically, I wouldn't 
see why we'd clutter up Lua with explicit RAII keywords. I like the fact 
that Lua has such a small vocabulary but is so expressive.