Re: Metatables, C and Script...

[David Given <dg@...>]

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Kenk wrote:
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> So now O=AWindowClass.new{fields and stuff} ... When
> 0.FunctionInProtoTypeTable() is called, it won't find it in AWindowClass
> and look in the prototype's table. which it finds...Problem is, the
> initial 'self' state isn't be passed through...as get's done when you
> reference a method with anObject:AFunction();

That's because you're calling it with . and not :, if I've understood
you correctly.

foo:bar() is syntactic sugar for foo.bar(foo). There's nothing magical
about methods, unlike Javascript... so if you forget to use : (which I
do periodically), then all the parameters are wrong.

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