Is it possible to have the dictionary in angelscript with a different syntax? The reason for this question is because I was originally going to use Lua in a project that I am working on, because I love its design in regards to its tables. They can be used as a means of doing configurations, but binding to a lua vm and then performing operations are mind boggling. Binding c++ to angelscript is what really won me over because it is pretty straightforward. Also because there is no vm to worry about because it just makes native calls.

However, I would like to also use angelscript as a configuration language if possible. Can there be lua like tables or something close to it ( the dictionary with some syntax sugar ).

dict = { ("one",1), ("object",object), ("handle",@handle) };

or

dict.set( ("one",1), ("object",object), ("handle",@handle) );

or

something

No.

Lua tables are the result of Lua being a prototypical language.

It's not possible to have dictionaries that hold varying types.

You can sort of emulate it with dictionary addon and any addon. Not pretty tho.