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

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

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 16:38, Petite Abeille <petite_abeille@mac.com> wrote:
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> On Nov 19, 2010, at 10:33 PM, Leo Razoumov wrote:
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>> bit32['and'] is exactly the same as bit32.and
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> Hmmm... no, it isn't :)
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>> What is the point of using extra [''] symbols that are not needed here?
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> So 'and' is parsed as a literal instead of a keyword.
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>> Am I missing something?
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> Hmmm... yes, you are :))
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You are right. I somehow forgot (it is already afternoon Friday:) that
-- and, or -- are reserved keywords.

--Leo--