Re: Gotchas in math metamethods etc

[Dirk Laurie <dpl@...>]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 02:11:18AM +0200, HyperHacker wrote:
> 
> Right, I was just suggesting that this is an easy mistake to make and
> it might help to have a note pointing this out. The behaviour is
> correct, but not immediately obvious if you use this syntax.
> 
We've had a thread on gotchas, and the following point may have
been made before.  In that case, sorry.

While sympathizing with the plight of newbies (among which I often
still count myself), the best way to learn is via one's mistakes,
and the reference manual is not the place for trying to shortcut
that process.

Dirk

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