Re: Arithmetic on strings

[Miles Bader <miles@...>]

Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> writes:
> Is it kind to campiagn for something that will harm only other people?

It's a tradeoff, like anything.  _Every_ Lua user and programmer will
benefit from such change, and I think _far_ fewer people would be
"harmed."  As the "harm" is not particularly egregious, it seems
perfectly reasonable to use such a calculation in deciding what to do.

-miles

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