Re: Shorthand for appending to a table (was Re: 5.2 feature list?)

[Eric Scouten <scouten@...>]

On 11 Sep 2006, at 10:50, Dave Nichols wrote:

> I disagree, why should an integer index be any more significant  
> than a name?
> I think a missing index should be a syntax error as it is now.
> Use table.insert instead, it defaults to #+1

The problem with this is that table.insert means a function call (*),  
whereas the syntax I proposed would be inline. In tight loops, this  
makes a significant difference.

* It also means an extra table lookup unless you do something like


local tinsert = table.insert

    -- Inside the loop
tinsert( table, key, value )


-Eric