Re: 'table' as fallback for tables

[Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@...>]

Am 28.06.2016 um 08:44 schröbte Tim Hill:
> > On Jun 27, 2016, at 9:15 PM, Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@gmx.net> wrote:
> >
> > Mixing `.n` *and* sequence-style `#` will just combine the confusion, ugly corner cases, and undefined behaviors. Functions that take `.n`-style tables should just throw an error if there is no valid `n`.
>
> I agree, and I would prefer to get rid of “.n” asap, but at the same time how much existing code will break?

What I meant is that supporting the current binary length search as a 
fallback to explicitly array sizes doesn't actually get rid of the 
undefined behavior that appears to confuse Lua newbies so much. It just 
adds a bunch of new rules.

> —Tim

Philipp