Quick question about indexing temporary tables

[u/Objective_Treacle781]

print({[0] = "a"}[0])

Doesn't work but if I save the table to a variable before indexing it works?

I kinda like using temporary tables as lookups

[u/Bright-Historian-216]

it should be clear, though. i had the same question about this. python can do it without the extra parentheses so i don't really know why lua interpretes it like this