Re: Is string always same as number? (the consistency of lua)

[Miles Bader <miles@...>]

Xavier Wang <weasley.wx@gmail.com> writes:
> but, what is number and string?

Think of it this way:

Number and string are separate types in Lua, but in certain contexts
(e.g. arithmetic) it will automatically convert the operands from one
type to the other as required.

> maybe we can make all number-like string table index all number, is that
> more consistency?

My impression is that the generally preferred solution would be to just
remove all automatic conversions.

I don't think anybody actually thinks the automatic conversion is a
good idea these days, but it's there for historical reasons.

-Miles

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