Re: userdata event tables?

["J. Perkins" <jason@...>]

Diego Nehab wrote:

> I don't know if it is a feature or not, but I had the same "problem". In
> fact, one can argue that the index method makes no sense for userdata
> objects, since the vm has no way of telling wether the entry for the key is
> nil or not :-). Try setting gettable instead.


Last time I used "gettable" when I should have used "index", this 
time it's "index" when I should be using "gettable". I think I'm 
getting daft in my old age ;)


> Also, it seems to me that userdata manipulation is now restricted to the C
> side, to avoid improper use by client Lua applications fiddling with your C
> stuff.

That's a good point, and a good idea.

Jason