table.maxn
EPuncker opened this issue · 2 comments
EPuncker commented
table.maxn
was deprecated at 5.2, does it have any alternative?
Some people says this is fine:
table.maxn = function(t) return #t end
But others disagree, so I'm lost.
daurnimator commented
table.maxn = function(t) return #t end
But others disagree, so I'm lost.
table.maxn
is literally:
function maxn(t)
local max = 0
for k in pairs(t) do
if type(k) == "number" and k > max then
max = k
end
end
return max
end
If you find yourself needing table.maxn
you've probably done something wrong.
Note that lua-compat-5.3 is to make lua 5.1/5.2 act like lua 5.3; not the other way around.
EPuncker commented
thank you