This is somewhat inefficient but zero indexed strings can easily be simulated in lua: local array = function(backing) local res = { len = function() retu

This is somewhat inefficient but zero indexed strings can easily be simulated in lua: local array = function(backing) local res = { len = function() return #backing end } setmetatable(res, { __index = function(_, k) return backing[k + 1] end, __newindex = function(_, k, v) backing[k + 1] = v end }) return res end local x = array { 1, 2, 3 } print(x[0]) -- 1 x[1] = 5 x[x.len()] = 6 for i = 0, x.len() - 1 do print(x[i]) end -- 1\n5\n3\n6