Re: append to list operator

[Sean Conner <sean@...>]

It was thus said that the Great Oliver once stated:
> On 13.08.19 06:45, Sean Conner wrote:
> >   Well, another pain point is
> > 	veryLongNmae[complexLValue] = veryLongName[complexLValue] + 1
> 
> a similar and common use case is appending an element to an array: it's also
> painful to write:
> 
> 	complexLValue[#complexLValue + 1] = newElement;
> 
> One can circumvent this by having a append function:
> 
> 	append(complexLValue, newElement);
> 
> but this makes the assignment not as visible as the first approach does.
> 
> A solution for current official lua with explicit assignment:
> 
> 	local list = complexLValue; list[#list + 1] = newElement;
> 
> Can this be rewritten using the imaginary @ operator?
> 
> 	complexLValue[#@ + 1] = newElement;
> 
> Now the @ would be on the left side of the assignment, this looks weird.

  Well ...

	complexLValue = @[#@ + 1] = newElement

  -spc (Still looks weird ... )