转自http://www.cnblogs.com/stephen-liu74/archive/2012/06/25/2417894.html
在Lua中实现队列的简单方法是使用table库函数insert和remove。但是由于这种方法会导致后续元素的移动,因此当队列的数据量较大时,不建议使用该方法。下面的代码是一种更高效的实现方式,如:
List = {} function List.new() return {first = 0, last = -1} end function List.pushFront(list, value) local first = list.first - 1 list.first = first list[first] = value end function List.pushBack(list, value) local last = list.last + 1 list.last = last list[last] = value end function List.popFront(list) local first = list.first if first > list.last then error("List is empty") end local value = list[first] list[first] = nil list.first = first + 1 return value end function List.popBack(list) local last = list.last if list.first > last then error("List is empty") end local value = list[last] list[last] = nil list.last = last - 1 return value end