Re: Proposal: Constant Tables

[Dirk Laurie <dpl@...>]

On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 02:27:51PM +0200, Lars Doelle wrote:
> the concept of the central and only composed data type in LUA 
> clearly lacking.

You mean, like all those other posters clamoring for something
that Perl or Python or Ruby or Smalltalk etc has, that something 
_you_ happen to want is not in Lua.  And you seem to think that
by using an opprobrious term like "lacking" you will gain support.

Please understand this: Lua is a compromise between providing
powerful features and keeping the language small.  The authors
are not so stupid as to have provided a "clearly lacking" table
type for seventeen years, nor so ignorant as not to know how
this is implemented in some other languages.  On the contrary, 
they have given careful thought to what features are desirable 
in Lua, and have decided that Lua does not need internalized 
constant tables.

Dirk