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You need to use a "proxy" table:

tt = {'a', 'b', 'cc'}
old_tt = tt
tt = {}
mt = {
  __newindex = function(table, key, value) error("Attempt to modify
read-only table") end,
 __index = old_tt
}
setmetatable(tt, mt)

-- 
Geoffroy Carrier