Re: [ANN] Lua 5.2.0 (alpha-rc2) now available

[Leo Razoumov <slonik.az@...>]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 16:28, Petite Abeille <petite_abeille@mac.com> wrote:
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> On Nov 19, 2010, at 10:22 PM, Patrick Rapin wrote:
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>> Maybe bit32._and, bit32._or would be better looking ?
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> well, at that point you could as well call then 'and' and 'or' :P
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> bit32['and']
> bit32['or']
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> If the brackets are a bother, make bit32 a function, so you can use a bit of sugar:
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> bit32'or'
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bit32['and'] is exactly the same as bit32.and

What is the point of using extra [''] symbols that are not needed here?
Am I missing something?

--Leo--