Re: New array type? (was: 'table' as fallback for tables)

[Peter Melnichenko <mpeterval@...>]

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 7:09 AM, Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@gmx.net> wrote:
> There are few smaller steps we can make:
>
> *  Solve the `pack()`/`unpack()` symmetry problem.
> *  Enhance the table library to allow non-sequence based array
> implementations by adding a library metamethod `__resize` or `__setsize`, so
> that `table.insert()` and `table.remove()` can adjust the array sizes
> accordingly (`table.move()` is more complicated).

Does the second point mean I'll have to check for the new metamethod and
call it whenever I modify array part of a table passed to me from outside?

-- Peter