Re: Testing for a sequence (was Re: Lua 5.2 Length Operator and tables (bug?)

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

>
> local function IsSequence( aTable )
>  for aKey in pairs( aTable ) do
>    if not( type( aKey ) == 'number' and aKey > 0 and aKey == math.floor( aKey ) and aTable[ math.max( aKey - 1, 1 ) ] ~= nil ) then
>      return false
>    end
>  end
>
>  return true
> end
>

The definition says "the set of its positive numeric keys is equal to
{1..n} for some integer n."  So that test returns false too easily.
E.g.

> a=table.pack(1,2,3,4)
> =IsSequence(a)
false

Actually, if the purpose is to define when #t and the table library
work, the definition should say: "the set of its positive integer
numeric keys is empty or equal to {1..n} for some positive integer n."