Lua Differences

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Contents 1 Garry's Mod Lua Differences 2 Pros and Cons of C-style Syntax and Lua Syntax 2.1 Lua Standard 2.1.1 Pros 2.1.2 Cons 2.2 C-Style 2.2.1 Pros 2.2.2 Cons 3 Summary 4 Highlighter Fixes

Garry's Mod Lua Differences

The Lua engine implemented in Garry's Mod has a few syntactic differences from the original version of Lua.

Name	Lua Standard	C-Style
Multi-Line Comments	--[[ comment ]]	/* comment */
Single Line Comments	-- comment	// comment
And	and	&&
Or	or	||
Not	not	!
Not-Equal	~=	!=

Garry's Mod uses a customised implementation of Lua. It is not standard Lua.

Pros and Cons of C-style Syntax and Lua Syntax

Lua Standard Pros Intuitive - uses words such as "and" and "or" Compatible with Lua syntax highlighting Compiles inside external Lua interpreters Easier to understand, more natural Cons Longer wording

C-Style Pros Coders more proficient with C++, C#, PHP etc might prefer it Shorter, more compact syntax Good practice for people that will want to eventually advance to C++ Cons Editors will need a plugin/changes to understand the new syntax

Summary

Either syntax works fine, it is largely a matter of personal preference.

Highlighter Fixes

• Notepad ++