Re: Did they mean "." or ":"?

["Alex Davies" <alex.mania@...>]

Peter Cawley wrote:
> In plain Lua, it might be done like:
>
> function how(s, x) return debug.getinfo(1).namewhat == "method" and
> ":" or "." end
> t = {how = how}
> print(t.how()) --> .
> print(t:how()) --> :

Except that then breaks legitimate uses, ie when caching the function lookup 
for a tight inner loop.

local setAngle = bot.setAngle
for angle = 0,math.pi,0.0001 do
 setAngle(bot, angle)
end