variables are only symbols in lua. they are reference to values (a place in the memory).
On 12/5/08, Zhichu Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Arthur Reutenauer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> but it might make more sense to look into metatables (i assume that you > >>> own the programming in lua book which explains that) > >> > >> I don't have one :(, I'll take a good at it later. > > > > You really should look into the book, it has a whole chapter about > > object-oriented programming in Lua, and explains useful conventions. > > Oh it's a long document. I almost took a day to finish it. I've got the main > idea now. Thanks. > > I'm sorry, I got another question now. How to link two variables? Like if I > change one, the other would be changed as well. This may be a piece of cake > for you and please forgive my laziness. > > > > > Arthur > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > > the Wiki! > > > > maillist : [email protected] / > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > -- > Best Regards > Chen > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility > No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China > tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com > | www.sinap.ac.cn > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : [email protected] / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
