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On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Soni L. <fakedme@gmail.com> wrote:
> pairs() is considered harmful, and can cause bugs:
> https://github.com/MightyPirates/OpenComputers/issues/1625

By the way, it's worth noting that "Considered Harmful" is an
infamous, powerful phrase in programming because of Dijkstra's
recommendation to thoroughly reject "goto" -- a deep-rooted orthodoxy,
which the Lua core team has already demonstrated they're quite happy
to ignore. ;)

-Duncan