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On 16 Dec 2010, at 21:35, Axel Kittenberger <axkibe@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Actually any length can be implemented within Lua itself, With that argument taken literally you could remove '#' altogether (and replace
> table.insert with some c function)

This has a number of things to recommend it, not least that it would replace the "# is wrong" threads with simple uncontroversial FAQs about how to calculate or keep track of the size of a data structure.

Tony.
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