Re: what to make of this fellow named __ipairs?

[Tony Finch <dot@...>]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Javier Guerra Giraldez wrote:
>
> your proposal would mean the language have to distinguish the 'kind'
> of lookup according to the 'intent': was it a 'simple' table lookup?
> is it a 'method call'?

Yes. This distinction already exists in the syntax (. vs :) and in the
implementation (GETTABLE vs SELF).

Tony.
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