Re: pairs and ipairs

[Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@...>]

> On Oct 23, 2023, at 10:00, Francisco Olarte <folarte@peoplecall.com> wrote:
> 
> Given the language gives you mechanism to build loops, generators (
> this coroutine looks like a generator in disguise ) are a bit overkill
> for just an iterator:

Yes! That said, considering that both you and Lars have written essentially the exact same code, coroutines bring a bit of diversity.

>  local aNext = 1
>  while aTable[aNext] ~= nil do
>     aNext = aNext+1
>  end

^ This is the crux of the irritant though — two passes.

As someone mentioned earlier on, perhaps best not to put oneself into this situation in the first place — use two tables.