Re: proposal for reading individual characters from strings faster

[Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@...>]

On May 3, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Coroutines <coroutines@gmail.com> wrote:

> the first proposal I made: `?` -> string.byte('?’) compile-time syntax sugar

"It would appear that Lua's clean syntax appeals to language improvers like a clean wall to graffiti sprayers."
— David Kastrup, Sep 2010

http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2010-09/msg00559.html