Re: A Lua todo-list DSL

[Mateusz Czaplinski <czapkofan@...>]

Bwahaha, great morning reading, thanks :)

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Jonathan Castello <twisolar@gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed that numbers in Lua can have a trailing decimal point, even
> if there's no fractional part (such as "1."). This gave me an idea for
> a horrible little DSL that emulates a to-do list:
>
> ----
> do
>  local list = {}
>  local mt = debug.setmetatable(0, {
>    __call = function (self, content)
>      list[self] = content
>    end,
>  })
>
>  ; (1.) "Hello, world!"
>  ; (2.) "Get groceries"
>
>  for k, v in ipairs(list) do
>    print(k .. ": " .. v)
>  end
> end
> ----
>
> It's pretty horrific, but interesting nonetheless.
>
> ~Jonathan
>
>