Re: metatables for strings?

[Thomas Jericke <tjericke@...>]

On 05/03/2015 03:53 PM, Nagaev Boris wrote:
> On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Sam Putman <atmanistan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Please?
> >
> > Pretty please?
> >
> > "with":"syntax sugar":on_top() --?
> Lua uses one metatable for all strings.
>
> >   t = "abcd"
> >   t:upper()
> "ABCD"
>
> However, the following code is incorrect:
>
> >   "abcd":upper()
> lua:1: unexpected symbol near '"abcd"'
>
> I want this syntax for string.format.
Here you go:
http://lua-users.org/wiki/ThomasJericke
http://lua-users.org/files/wiki_insecure/power_patches/5.2/optbrackets-5.2.2.patch

Only for 5.2 so far.

--
Thomas