Re: Table enumeration order with integer indices

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> The preconditions to operate a table :
> - the same lua version
> - the table has no metatable
> - only integer indices in the table
> - the same operations(only insert or remove) and operation order to a table
> 
> For example, the pairs(t) and pairs(t2) produce the same enumeration.
> 
> So with these same preconditions to operate a table, will pairs(t) produce
> the same enumeration?

Yes.


> If the answer is yes,  Is it possible to make it landing on lua
> document(for `next` document) ?

No. As Fransisco already pointed out, that would limit our
implementation options to little gain. For instance, in the past all
that was true for string indices too, until it wasn't.

-- Roberto