Re: variable names from variables?

["Patrick Mc(avery" <spell_gooder_now@...>]

> Hi Patrick,
>
> I've been trying for several days to figure out the disadvantage of having
> these names be keys in a table instead of free standing local variables, and I
> can't think of a reason. What is the disadvantage of having them as keys in a
> table?
>
> Here are some of the name as key advantages I see:
>
> * You can iterate, search and total them
> * You can incorporate functions applying to the set of customers into the
> table.
> * Your source code is more compact
>
> Anyway, I'd like to hear the advantage of name-as-local-var.
>
> Thanks
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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Hi Steve

I doubt that there is much advantage to the freestanding-variable over 
the variable-as-key in Lua in most cases but I was thinking that if 
someone was writing a constructor function it might be nice for that 
function to be able to programatically generate variable names.

If I can find time over the next few days I am going to build a small 
prototype Lua web application and then hopefully later a bigger one.

I can send the code to you, I would love your feedback.

Were getting almost a foot of snow today :(, must be nice to be in 
Orlando! -Pat