Re: Possible "inconsistent" reference to gettable_event in reference manual

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> On 04/03/2017 16:01, Lorenzo Donati wrote:
> >On 03/03/2017 12:14, Lorenzo Donati wrote:
> >>Hi all!
> >>
> >>Browsing the ref man of Lua 5.3.4 I stumbled on this.
> >>
> >>In section 3.2 it's written:
> >>
> >>----------------------------
> >>The meaning of accesses to table fields can be changed via metatables.
> >>An access to an indexed variable t[i] is equivalent to a call
> >>gettable_event(t,i). (See §2.4 for a complete description of the
> >>gettable_event function. This function is not defined or callable in
> >>Lua. We use it here only for explanatory purposes.)
> >>----------------------------
> >>
> >>but in section 2.4 there is no mention of that "fake" gettable_event
> >>function. In fact there is no other mention to it in the whole manual!
> >>
> >>Could it be a remnant of older reference manual versions (I faintly
> >>recall something in 5.1 manual) that escaped recent editing?
> >>
> >>
> >>Cheers!
> >>
> >>-- Lorenzo
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >Sorry for replying to my message, but it appears that also
> >the`settable_event` function has the same "problem": it is first cited
> >in section 3.3.3 (at the end), and the text there direct to section 2.4
> >for further explanation, but no further mention to it is present in the
> >whole manual.
> >
> >
> >Cheers!
> >
> >-- Lorenzo
> >
> >
> >
> Sorry to bump this thread, but I had no feedback at all in more than
> 10 days, I guess maybe because people were busy for the Moscow
> event.
> 
> Now it is swamped by more recent threads, and since I think it is
> somewhat important so here it is again.
> 
> 
> 

We will fix that.


-- Roberto