On Jul 12, 2016 4:36 PM, "Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo"
<lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
It was like that in Lua 1:
a = @f[ 10, 20, 30]
was the same as
t = { 10, 20, 30 }
f(t)
a = t
If there were going to be new syntax, I feel it'd go well with the
discussion of arrays:
t = {x, y, z} --same as current meaning
a = [x, y, z] --means: a = array(x, y, z)
Where array() is something like:
function array(...)
local t = {...}
return setmetatable(t, {
__n = select('#', ...),
__index = <snip>,
__newindex = <snip>,
...etc...
})
end
I think Lua would benefit from a "standard" array type, even if it is just
a table. (Being standard does also mean the possibility to use a more
optimal internal representation.) When everyone rolls their own,
interoperability is difficult.
