Comment by mingodad
13 hours ago
For others interested in alternative syntax to the Lua VM/API sometime ago I've created LJS https://github.com/mingodad/ljs and also https://github.com/mingodad/ljsjit, I've also included an utility lua2ljs program based on the Lemon parser and re2c that convert Lua scripts to LJS with line by line synchronization https://github.com/mingodad/ljs/tree/master/lua2ljs, to test it I've also translated a few non trivial projects (https://github.com/mingodad/ZeroBraneStudioLJS , https://github.com/mingodad/raptorjit-ljs, https://github.com/mingodad/snabb-ljs, https://github.com/mingodad/premake-core/tree/ljs, https://github.com/mingodad/CorsixTH-ljs).
I'm proud of it and thankfull to the Lua/Luajit projects.
This:
Is not a good idea. I tried using Haxe with Lua target at some point - the mismatch between what you think you get with [], and what you actually get in Lua, requires either a lot of boilerplate (Haxe compiles [] to Array objects), or a chronic WTF from all the new people reading your code (and from yourself, after a few weeks to months of disuse). If you want [1,2,3], make it behave more like an array - or just leave it out, would be my advice. Lua doesn't have arrays, and adding syntax that suggests it does will be a permanent footgun for your users, I think.