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- Subject: RE: select("#", ...) idiom
- From: "Bilyk, Alex" <ABilyk@...>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:55:58 -0700
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing:)
-----Original Message-----
From: lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br
[mailto:lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br]On Behalf Of Doug Currie
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:46 AM
To: lua@bazar2.conectiva.com.br
Subject: Re: select("#", ...) idiom
LA> I dislike the suddenly-popular select( "#", ... ) idiom because it is
LA> uninformative (no selection is made), complicates select with unrelated
LA> behavior, and misappropriates the # symbol.
Given that # is the length operator, perhaps the token #... could be
used for this purpose.
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