Re: Lua 5.2 Length Operator and tables (bug?)

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> If something comes up again and again and again, one could argue, it
> are the people that are the problem by not understanding something
> correctly. But, it usually is also a very good indication that
> something actually is amiss. We should accept this, "o.k. there is a
> problem, maybe we have to say we don't know a solution, maybe sometime
> later we can come up with something, but now lets live with it.", but
> what many communities are doing in contrast is arguing the problem
> away, they call it a "feature" or even their "way of doing things", or
> they say the people are the problem.

I believe we already said that, but just to be sure:

O.k. there is a problem, maybe we have to say we don't know a solution,
maybe sometime later we can come up with something,

              BUT NOW LETS LIVE WITH IT.

PS: to anyone wanting to propose a solution: Please, first read
everything that was written in the past.

-- Roberto