Re: [ANN] Lua 5.3.0 (alpha) now available

[Daurnimator <quae@...>]

On 1 August 2014 10:48, Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:

>  [...] However, I am not delighted
> by an optional argument preceding a non-optional one. [...]

We do not like it either. Do you suggest any alternative?

-- Roberto

I see no problem saying making the function signature

    table.icopy(from_tbl, from_idx, num_elements, [to_tbl, to_idx])

If to_tbl and to_idx ar not given, they default to the empty table and 1.

The function always returns to_tbl.