Re: Some crazy proposals :-)

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

On 09/07/15 10:54 PM, Daurnimator wrote:
> On 10 July 2015 at 11:46, Soni L. <fakedme@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Syntax sugar.
> >
> > t[k1, k2, k3] = v1, v2, v3 -->
> > mt.__newindex(t, k1, v1)
> > mt.__newindex(t, k2, v2)
> > mt.__newindex(t, k3, v3)
> (this is a terrible idea);
>
> so what happens with a multiple assignment?
> t[k1,k2], l1, l2, t[k3,k4] = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
You split it up.

t[k1,k2] = 1,2
l1 = 3
l2 = 4
t[k3,k4] = 5,6
-- apparently we have more values than we need, so drop the 7,8,9

Tuples should be constructed just like tables are constructed, but with 
() instead of {}. Implicit tuples are A Very Bad Thing™.

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