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

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

2014-08-01 17:28 GMT+02:00 Jerome Vuarand <jerome.vuarand@gmail.com>:

> table.insert already has an optional middle argument, I don't see any
> issue there (yeah some people complain about it, but some people
> complain about virtually anything).

A little ad-hominem argument serves to discredit the opposition, no?

Personally I always use Steve Donovan's idea:

   local append, insert = table.insert, table.insert

and consistently use append for the two-term and insert for the
three-term case. Why complain if one can work around?

But given the chance to design table.copy from scratch, it does
seem a pity to put a big gotcha in it when it can be avoided.