LuaForkWishes

.lua

-- Better Lua
-- my wishes for a Lua fork or patches for gamedev

-- vars are local scope by default
function defineVars()
	a = 1
end
print(a) -- prints nil

-- define globals
global a = 1


-- concise operators / Compound assignment statements
a += 1
a -= 1
a *= 1
a /= 1

-- better table insert/removal and iterators
items = {}
item  = "sword"
add(items, item)
del(items, item)
-- can be used while iterating
for item in all(items) do
	del(items, item)
end
-- add/delete by key/index or object and be iteration-safe
del(items, item)
del(items, 1)
add(items, item, 1)

-- function keyword shorthand alias
makenewthing = function()
	return fn()
	-- especially good for anonymous functions
	end
end

-- better require (like require in nodejs)
require "mathUtils" -- looks first in local package folder not in project top level
-- no more (...):match("^(.+)%.[^%.]+") matching for finding the package folder

example to add by index?

something like add(items, item, 1) similar to table.insert(items, 1, item)