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On 2012-02-14 16:44, KR wrote:
Pierre Chapuis <catwell <at> archlinux.us> writes:
I am confused, you can indeed add "markers" (via weak tables if you
prefer a not
invasive approach) allowing a syntax like:
example = M{
a = A{1,2,3},
b = M{a = 1, b = 2, c = A{1,2}},
}
Would this be fine?
This is what I meant by "In your own code you can choose a way to flag a table as a List/Array or a Map". You can enforce a convention like that in your library but it is not something standard. If you already have a "standard" Lua structure composed of tables and basic types you cannot determine what is Array-like without iterating every single table in the structure. Examples of this can be found (for instance) at [1] and [2].[1] https://github.com/harningt/luajson/blob/master/lua/json/encode/array.lua#L36 [2] https://github.com/catwell/luajit-msgpack-pure/blob/master/luajit-msgpack-pure.lua#L168
-- Pierre 'catwell' Chapuis