Re: Why duplicate keys in table constructor isn't an error?

[Hakki Dogusan <dogusanh@...>]

Hi,

Ivko Stanilov yazmış:
> I've often made this mistake in my programs when copying/pasting table
> elements, or just by oversight:
>
>  local table = { key = "value1", ..., key = "value2" }
>
> Shouldn't the compiler be able to detect this case and report a syntax
> error? I know that you could possibly have expressions with side
> effects in the place of "value1", but nevertheless I can't envision
> a scenario in which having the same constants keys in the same table
> constructor is intentional. This is a 100% error in the code and I
> think it should be reported as such.
>
> Regards,
> Ivko


If you think it like following it makes sense, IMHO:

local table = {}
table.key = "value1"
...
...
table.key = "value2"



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Regards,
Hakki Dogusan