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- Subject: Re: Lua 5.1 (work6) now available
- From: David Burgess <dburgess@...>
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 00:32:52 +1000
Lots of people on this list have begged for # as a comment.
On 5/20/05, Gavin Wraith <[email protected]> wrote:
> In message <[email protected]> you wrote:
>
> > I for one think the length operator is a good thing.
> > The frequency of use justifies the syntactic simplification.
>
> I agree, and my vote would be for # rather than *. There is an
> aesthetic rationale for my choice. # looks like two overlaid +
> signs and length is additive. * makes me think of multiplication,
> not appropriate at all.
>
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> Gavin Wraith ([email protected])
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