[nmz]

> Lua's syntax is beautifully simple and unambiguous

    local print = print
    ("hello"):format()

    local foo = func
    ("args to func"):itreturnedatable("!")

[90s_dev]

Well of course you can trick people who aren't familiar with its syntax. But people who are see that this is

    local print = print("hello"):format()

    local foo = func("args to func"):itreturnedatable("!")

And I'm sure they can guess that that does.

[nmz]

I didn't trick anybody, this was a pitfall that was patched in 5.2