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- Subject: Re: Keywords are precious (Was: [proposal / postulation]: global keyword that works with lua as config file)
- From: steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@...>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:29:03 +0200
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:
> Introducing a new keyword is like a heart transplant. It's the
> last resort when less invasive surgery fails.
I have to agree there, given that there are non-invasive methods that
don't abuse _G (e.g. Phillip's local solution) and also static
analysis tools. One can't expect Lua to do everything!