Re: I don't understand this application of metamethod

[Emeka <emekamicro@...>]

Dirk,

If won't mind, I would like to see an example.

Regards, Janus

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:

2012/5/25 Tim Mensch <tim-lua-l@bitgems.com>:

> The __index metamethod tells Lua what to do if someone tries to look up an
> undefined key on a table.

And (ex-Pythonistas please beware) it does NOT override the
normal table indexing method when the key is already present.

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