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

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

2016-07-04 10:55 GMT+02:00 Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@gmx.net>:
> Am 03.07.2016 um 18:43 schröbte Dirk Laurie:
>> My proposal is that there should be a fixed-length array,
>> allowing implementors to optimize for speed.
>
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> I'm not sure you'll get much speed out of this. There's not much you can do
> except represent the array data as a C style array, which Lua already does.
> You'd probably be able to save some memory though.

I could continue the argument, but my heart is not really in it.
I usually wear the "I like Lua the way it is" T-shirt. Lobbying
for a new feature does not come naturally :-)