Month: February 2019

Lua Ternary

Posted on February 20, 2019

Lua doesn’t have true ternary operator but there is a way to mimic the behavior. This is one of the biggest issues people who aren’t used to Lua have when reading Lua code. For the most part Lua is simple and straight forward to understand. Assuming a blocky and easy... Continue reading

Lua Case Insenstive Table

Posted on February 12, 2019

Introduction This is something I wrote for PenLight but alas it wasn’t merged. The problem they had is the use if __pairs which isn’t present in Lua 5.1. The project wants to maintain compatibility with 5.1 and LuaJIT which targets 5.1. All the Lua projects I... Continue reading

BPF Skid Plate

Posted on February 1, 2019

Introduction I decided to enhance the look of my Tacoma by buying a skid plate. While I do want something that will work as a skid plate, I didn’t want a lump of grey metal. The TRD Pro skid looks good but I’m not a big fan of trying... Continue reading

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