Getting values from another object

[Colm Sloan <colmsloan@...>]

I have an unusual situation. I have an object in C++ that is given many many values in C++. I can grab this object and get its Lua equivalent:

// C++

m_LuaSelf = luabind::call_function<luabind::object>( L, "GetLuaSelf", this );

-- Lua

function GetLuaSelf( cSelf )

return cSelf -- returns a lua object with all of the C++ data still in it

end

I want to make it so I can create a Lua object that inherits all of the values associated with that C++ object. I made it so I pass the object to another class but it can't use the syntactical sugar of ":", making it feel very unnatural:

// C++

luabind::call_member<void>( m_LuaSelf, "Setup" );

-- Lua

function TheC++Class:Setup()

......... -- gets the other lua class name, which I'll class "MyTestClass"

_G[ self.luaClassName ][ 'Setup' ]( self )

end

function MyTestClass:Setup()

-- it reaches this point

-- how can functions in this class be called using the ':' (colon) instead '.' (period) e.g.

--self:bar() instead of

--MyTestNPC.Setup( self ) -- the only way I've found

end

I understand this is a complicated post so all input is appreciated.