RE: Proposal: add all metamethods to the 2.4 section

[Thijs Schreijer <thijs@...>]

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> From: lua-l-bounces@lists.lua.org [mailto:lua-l-bounces@lists.lua.org] On
> Behalf Of John Hind
> Sent: maandag 14 oktober 2013 16:18
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> Subject: Re: Proposal: add all metamethods to the 2.4 section
> 
> > Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 08:17:55 -0300
> > From: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br>
> > Subject: Re: Proposal: add all metamethods to the 2.4 section
> >
> > > On the 2.4 section of the reference manual some metamethods are
> > explained but not all.
> > >
> > > It would be great to see all the methods available at a glance, for
> > instance missing methods are :
> > >
> > > __pairs
> > > __ipairs
> > > __gc
> > > __tostring
> >
> > Execpt for __gc, the others are what we call "core metamethods": they
> > are features of the libraries.
> >
> 
> For what it is worth I strongly agree with the OP on this (and have
> mentioned it before myself). It does not need to be lengthy: just a list
> of
> the keys cross-referenced and hyperlinked to the section in the manual
> where
> they are fully described would be fine. At present there is no complete
> list
> of the keys used in the standard distribution (core and libraries), not
> even
> in the index. This makes it difficult when one is designing an object:
> you'd
> like to consider all the existing meta-keys for possible relevance and to
> be
> sure if adding more that existing ones are not being "stomped on".
> 
> 

 +1 for me to. There have been more than one occasion at which I missed such a simple listing of meta methods in the documentation.