From 10498ab0ef86c2865b0a8a58bbac4c2510087b25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Daniel P H Fox (Roblox)" Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:46:54 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Tuple-like tables --- docs/syntax-structure-matching.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/syntax-structure-matching.md b/docs/syntax-structure-matching.md index f28805a..15ec58b 100644 --- a/docs/syntax-structure-matching.md +++ b/docs/syntax-structure-matching.md @@ -355,4 +355,12 @@ But one case against is that JavaScript uses brackets/braces to dinstinguish arr let { foo, bar, baz } = data; ``` -Whether this downside is actually significant enough should be discussed in comments though. \ No newline at end of file +Whether this downside is actually significant enough should be discussed in comments though. + +Consecutive keys are arguably most useful when used with tuple-like types like `{1, "foo", true}`, as they can match each value by position: + +```Luau +{ id, text, isNeat } +``` + +However, Luau does not allow these types to be expressed at the moment. It isn't out of the question that we could support this in the future, so the door should likely be left open for tuple-like tables. \ No newline at end of file