Re: [PoC] Tables aren't Lua's only data structure.

["Soni L." <fakedme@...>]

On 17/04/15 05:47 AM, Sean Conner wrote:
> It was thus said that the Great Soni L. once stated:
> > Conclusion: By making a function like:
> >
> > local function stackmanager(action, value, ...)
> >    if action == "push" then
> >      local _action, _value = coroutine.yield()
> >      return stackmanager(_action, _value, value, ...)
> >    elseif action == "pop" then
> >      local _action, _value = coroutine.yield((...)) -- yield only stack top
> >      return stackmanager(_action, _value, select(2, ...))
> >    end
> > end
> >
> > You can use coroutines as a revolutionary data structure! With this, Lua
> > doesn't have 1, but 2 data structures. (One could argue strings are also
> > a data structure, and then you'd have 3.)
>    Ah yes.  Closures are a poor man's object.
>
> 	http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ClosuresAndObjectsAreEquivalent
> 	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2497801/closures-are-poor-mans-objects-and-vice-versa-what-does-this-mean
>
>    -spc (seems a bit less obvious and slower than table.insert() and
> 	table.remove() ... )
Yes, but it can store nil without breaking.

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