https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47096

--- Comment #2 from Robert Rohde <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > When data is accessed through mw.LoadData, and that data contains nested
> > tables, the # operator (which is approximately but not exactly table length)
> > does not work correctly.
> 
> This is documented: [[mw:Extension:Scribunto/Lua reference
> manual#mw.loadData]].
> 
> Unfortunately, Lua 5.1 doesn't allow overriding the '#' operator on tables.

http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.8

"len": the # operation.

So wouldn't it be a matter of adding __len to the metatable, or is there some
reason this can't be used?

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