Re: Slicing ideas

[Tony Finch <dot@...>]

Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@guerrag.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> wrote:
> > the compiler knows
> > statically (from the syntax) when a multi-argument index is happening
>
> what should happen on  t[unpack({1,2})]   ?

An excellent point. It might be possible to handle efficiently but I'm not
certain. It's also rather weird that a function call in that location
could lead to a different metamethod being invoked depending on the number
of return values.

Tony.
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