Re: 1-based indexing in Lua

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

On 3/31/2018 10:31 PM, Enrico Colombini wrote:
> On 31-Mar-18 14:24, Doug Gale wrote:
> > ​I hate one-based indexing​. It adds a ton of confusion when 
> > embedding lua into a native programming language project, and 
> > tarnishes what I'd consider to be a fantastically good language 
> > otherwise.
>
> I started with 6502 assembly (0-based) then learned BASIC 
> (1-based) then C (0-based) then Pascal (1-based) then... well, you 
> get the idea :-)
>
> After a while you just get used to think in the context of the 
> language you are writing in, even when you are mixing them in the 
> same project.
>
> As Marc Balmer said, it is the same as for human languages.

+1, folks who react badly to 1-based indexing may be loud on blogs 
and other places, but there are plenty of people who use multiple 
programming languages just fine.

But because discussions are often about possible defects or 
perceived defects, such 'negative' issues are over-represented.

Coders who think indices cause problems should abstract it away in 
some sort of container or object, like the range loops that 
Stroustrup recommends in C++, then nobody will get hurt.


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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Selangor, Malaysia