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After all, what is a Lua list without the discussion of idioms?

On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:27:56 -0600, Jorge <xxopxe@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 10:03 -0400, Shawn Milochik wrote:
On Apr 16, 2010, at 10:01 AM, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:

>> "It seemed like a good idea at that time" scares me silly.
>
> What does it mean "<something> scares <someone> silly"?
>
> -- Roberto


It means frightened to the point of not being rational.

Shawn

But what if <someone> is casted to a number? Does it mean 1 becomes
irrational?

Sorry, keep going, the discussion is actually very interesting.

Jorge