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Luon doesn't directly support tables, but instead supports records, arrays and hashmaps (which internally use tables). Since it's statically typed you can only

by Rochus 2y ago

Luon doesn't directly support tables, but instead supports records, arrays and hashmaps (which internally use tables). Since it's statically typed you can only store nil to a field or element if it is of a structured type.

akkartik 2y ago
What's a structured type? Something that has fields or elements?
- Rochus 2y ago
  Records, arrays and hashmaps are structured types; in contrast to original Oberon, Luon has no pointer type, but reference semantics instead.
  - masklinn 2y ago
    So Luon has reference types and value types, and reference types are always nullable?
    - Rochus 2y ago
      Yes, but value types are only basic types. Structured types only have reference semantics and are nil by default.