Re: More on environments and objects

[Chris Marrin <chris@...>]

PA wrote:

> On Aug 27, 2005, at 16:36, Mike Pall wrote:
>
> > Interesting. Looks like many programmers (when new to Lua or
> > to its ancestor languages) experience the same learning curve.
>
>
> I would guess that the same applies to any/most new languages one tries 
> to learn, no?
>
> > 8. object equality vs. object identity.
>
>
> Doesn't the __eq metamethod cater to both?

No, it has what is for me a fatal flaw. You cannot compare a userdata to 
a number, for instance. Rici has pointed out an interesting angle on 
this that I have yet to try. So there may be hope.

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