What about having an API (idk maybe commands and cmd for its short version) to create old-style commands that can invoke Lua? Maybe even having the Lua API go reverse on itself and have commands for evaluating old-style commands and getting their return values?

Basically,

commands.create(name, callback, argtypes)
--> Creates a command and sets the types of arguments to be passed to it, also declaring the count.
-- Example: commands.create("stkm", function(args) sim.partCreate("stkm", args.xy.x, args.xy.y) end, "xy")
commands.eval(command)
--> Evaluates old-style commands, without the exclamation point.
-- Example: commands.eval("bubble 100,100")


+ More flexibility over the old-style command API
+ More Lua functionality
+ Can define macros that the user is already used to type when using the console
+ Ease of use for the end user
- Old style interface needs heavy modifications to support dynamic addition
- Users could compose Lua scripts of commands.eval

What do you think?
~boxmein

@xetalim (View Post)
would the no have been in place if i was like some random user like @PackedBread?