Re: Lua 5.1 (work6) now available

[David Burgess <dburgess@...>]

Lots of people on this list have begged for # as a comment.

On 5/20/05, Gavin Wraith <gavin@wra1th.plus.com> wrote:
> In message <d010fc8a05051907081d63f5a6@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> > I for one think the length operator is a good thing.
> > The frequency of use justifies the syntactic simplification.
> 
> I agree, and my vote would be for # rather than *. There is an
> aesthetic rationale for my choice. # looks like two overlaid +
> signs and length is additive. * makes me think of multiplication,
> not appropriate at all.
> 
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