Re: Abolishing the numeric-for

["Stuart P. Bentley" <stuart@...>]

Numeric iteration can be implemented more simply and efficiently as the  
simple numeric-for than as a case of the (relatively) complex generic-for.  
While Lua in general tries to consolidate concepts, the numeric-for is a  
case where the implementation is significantly simpler (and more  
efficient) on its own, as well as being a very common concept (similar to  
the implementation of tables having an array part, as the use of tables).

On Mon, 24 May 2010 14:46:46 -0700, Jonathan Castello <twisolar@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Stuart P. Bentley
> <stuart@testtrack4.com> wrote:
> > While I think __iter is good idea, I wouldn't go so far as to say the
> > numeric-for should be abolished.
>
> I'm curious, why not? "for i in 10, 100, 5 do' achieves everything the
> numeric-for does. It might not need to be abolished, but I don't
> particularly see a need for it either.
>
> ~Jonathan