Parsing varargs to a function

  I know that to parse varargs, one uses select():

	function f(...)
	  for i = 1 , select('#',...) do
	    local x = select(i,...)
	    print(x)
	  end
	end

  What was the thinking behind this?  Why not?

	function f(...)
	  for i = 1 , #... do
	    local x = ...[i]
	    print(x)
	  end
	end

  That is, treat ... as an array and use existing syntax?  I know this will
not work with ipairs(), but it seems to be a net win.  Currently, with an
empty Lua state, there is no way for code to interate through the varargs
without the select() function (or at least, not easily).

  -spc (Just thinking out loud here ... )


  

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