Re: __index function in a metatable shared by several tables

[Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>]

Ignacio Burgueño wrote:

> Will this work for you?
>
> mt = {
>   __index = function(tab, k)
>     local function f()
>       print("You called " .. k .." on "..tostring(tab))
>       tab.test = 20 * math.random()
>     end
>     return f
>   end
> }
>
> o = setmetatable({ test=1 }, mt)
> o2 = setmetatable({ test=1 }, mt)

Thanks to you and David for this suggestion. To answer David's question, 
yes, it was intentional, however since it doesn't work the way I need it 
to I suppose I'll just have to change my intention. :-)

I'll try this approach. If I can't get it to work I'll come back for 
more advice. Thanks to you both!