Discussion Lua tables to replace arrays?

[Shadowblitz16]

I was wondering if at some point yoyo games would think about replacing arrays entirely with lua tables?

they would basically be the same thing but would also be able to hold key pair values.
so it would look something like this..

var table1 = { "hi", 0 } //list or array
var table2 = {} //map
      table2.string = table1[0]

show_debug,message(table2.string)

now I know this would only be doable if it was equal or faster then the speed of an array or if types were ever added.
but if luajit uses tables and is fast then i don't see why this couldn't be done

 

[FrostyCat]

That's what a map is for.

Promoting data structures to true data types is on the Roadmap, but don't hold your breath for it.

 

[Mert]

That's what a map is for.

Promoting data structures to true data types is on the Roadmap, but don't hold your breath for it.

Hi. I've been seeing this for a while. Does this mean that instead of accessing a map via a variable, we access it directly?

 

[FrostyCat]

Hi. I've been seeing this for a while. Does this mean that instead of accessing a map via a variable, we access it directly?

Think of the Roadmap's goal on that item as how arrays now work post-GMS-1.3. You're still dealing with a reference, just with access to the garbage collector and more built-in type safety.

 

[YellowAfterlife]

GMEdit has a syntax extension for this