Re: Desired Lua Features

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

On 1/28/2018 11:02 PM, Paige DePol wrote:
> Dibyendu recently started a discussion about wether or not Lua has reached
> perfection. Of course, this will be a subject highly dependant on the need
> and opinions of each user of Lua.
>
> On that same discussion topic the desire for a switch/case like construct
> in Lua came up... so I thought I would start a new discussion thread to
> see what features people would like to see added to vanilla Lua.

Here is an analogy to support the notion of switch/case as a sort 
of mental model: A recipe is mostly written as a list of steps, 
mostly serial, but there can be decision making and branches too. 
A time-table is instead tabulated, steps can be laid out in 
various ways in a compact form; a person can see and grasp the 
entire time-table easily.

Of course, it's not a perfect analogy, but it's an illustration of 
a kind of structure that we apply to information so that we can 
better manage it. Everybody is clear about the structure of math. 
Here we are dealing with the structure of information that is the 
code we are writing.

> So, if you could add any one feature to Lua right now, what would that
> feature be and why would you want to see it added? Please note that this
> discussion is in no way meant to be interpreted as pressuring Team Lua to
> add any features to Lua, I am genuinely curious what features people want
> to see added to Lua and why.
>
> My interest in this subject isn't just academic, however, I may take some
> of these ideas on board to add to my hard fork of Lua. If so, I would also
> create patches for vanilla Lua as well! :)


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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Selangor, Malaysia