lua table的长度问题

细谈一下lua里很多人有疑问的table长度问题。

<pre name="code" class="cpp">1.	> tbl = {1,2,3}  
	> print(#tbl)
	3
	> 
2.	> tbl = {1,nil,3}
	> print(#tbl)    
	3
	> 
3.	> tbl = {1,nil,3,nil}
	> print(#tbl)      
	1
	> 

情况1正常，情况2有点不正常，情况3很不正常，好，先上源码。

int luaH_getn (Table *t) {
  unsigned int j = t->sizearray;
  if (j > 0 && ttisnil(&t->array[j - 1])) {
    /* there is a boundary in the array part: (binary) search for it */
    unsigned int i = 0;
    while (j - i > 1) {
      unsigned int m = (i+j)/2;
      if (ttisnil(&t->array[m - 1])) j = m;
      else i = m;
    }
    return i;
  }
  /* else must find a boundary in hash part */
  else if (isdummy(t->node))  /* hash part is empty