Re: Definition of table.insert

[Axel Kittenberger <axkibe@...>]

As there were some messages continued on a smaller private-to email
"group". I created an offlist for those who wish to continue to share
their thoughts on this subject:
http://groups.google.com/group/lua-table-semantics  Especially since
in my opinion we just had one of this interesting conversion points
where people realized they need to talk aboutthe different meaning and
understandings for each term. Anyway I hope those who want can opt-in
to discuss without emoitionialising the topic - vanity or being angry
about it. Those not interested won't thus be pestered about it.

Personally I'd like much more to talk about some form of continue
anyway :-) Since that bites me every time requiring some quirky
workarounds :-)

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy
<roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
> May I ask the list to stop the discussion about arrays/holes/#/lists/
> table.insert?
>
> We have had hundreds of messages about this subject in less than a
> month.  As already pointed out, there are too many paralel discussions,
> too many different meanings for each term, too many misunderstandings,
> too many mesages trying to clarify misunderstandings, too many messages
> trying to clarify the misunderstanding created by messages trying to
> clarify misunderstandings, etc.
>
> Please, avoid the vanity of thinking that your message will be the
> one to solve all the mess.
>
> If we were starting the discussion now, we could try to sort that
> out. But after way too many messages and not even an agreement about
> what is the fuss, I would like to suggest a moratorium of this
> subject. That would give time to anyone that still cares to think deeply
> about the subject, to do experiments, and (hopefully) to think about
> something else. And would greatly reduce the huge volume of messages the
> list is having these days.
>
> -- Roberto
>
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