Re: Proposal: allow @, $, !, and ? in Lua identifiers

[Paige DePol <lual@...>]

On Apr 26, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Thiago L. <fakedme@gmail.com> wrote:

>> On Saturday, April 26, 2014, Paige DePol <lual@serfnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Interesting post, however, it does not really address why the architects of Lua chose ~= over != or <> for their "not equals" operator.
>> 
>> Also, as that post did talk about patches adding bugs, all patches I am creating for Lunia are also patching the Lua test suite to include the new changes, which has helped considerably with ensuring the patches are as robust and bug-free as possible! :)
>> 
>> ~pmd~
> 
> I wonder why they don't use "not =" so like "if x not = y then <stuff> end" :3

In that case I would prefer "if x not equal y then <stuff> end" ;)

~pmd~