Re: Next Version of Lua?

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

The whole idea is longer than I feel like repeating here and now. It  
does allow operations like you mention by use of "non-family" enums.

It has been discussed on the list earlier, and concensus was that  
there's no need. C API enums can be done with Lua strings instead.  I  
still hold my position on this, though (and can repeat the discussions  
if someone sees necessary).

-asko


Enrico Colombini kirjoitti 10.6.2009 kello 20:59:

> Asko Kauppi wrote:
> > Personally, I am of the opinion that bitops are for enums and not  
> > for numbers.
>
> Apart from many data processing applications... as an example,  
> consider the case where I open a bitmap file and want to apply some  
> algorithm to 4-bit pixels.
>
>  Enrico