Re: Idea: Reference Libraries

[Andrew Starks <andrew.starks@...>]

On Tuesday, April 22, 2014, Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@gmx.net> wrote:
> Am 22.04.2014 08:40 schröbte Dirk Laurie:
> > 2014-04-22 8:20 GMT+02:00 Andrew Starks <andrew.starks@trms.com>:
> >
> > > Typically when "blessed" comes up, it is in terms of "standard socket
> > > library" and "class implementation."
> >
> > Class implementation in Lua is a perfect example of a subject over which
> > religious wars are fought. Is the class table the metatable or the __index
> > metamethod of the object? Sheep to my right, goats to my left, please.
>
> Neither if done right ;-p. But why should we care? If `Animal` is a class, I want
>
>     function Animal:speak() ... end
>
> to somehow end up as a method for Animal objects.
>
>
> Philipp

Are you guys just messing with me now? :) This must be your subtle way of saying, "knock off the proposals..."

-Andrew