Re: local _META = {string = {__index = function(s, k) if type(k) == "number" then return string.sub(s, k, k) end return string[k] end}}

["Thiago L." <fakedme@...>]

On 09/12/14 03:46 AM, Dirk Laurie wrote:
> 2014-12-08 21:48 GMT+02:00 Thiago L. <fakedme@gmail.com>:
> > On 08/12/14 05:47 PM, Thiago L. wrote:
> > > On 08/12/14 02:15 PM, Dirk Laurie wrote:
> > > > Do you expect the relationship
> > > >      `_ENV.string == getmetatable"".__index`
> > > > to survive?
> > > local _ENV = {string = {}}
> > > print(_ENV.string == getmetatable"".__index) --> false
> > Wait actually I'm not sure what you're asking...?
> Do you want string.sub(str,i,j) and str:sub(i,j) to do the
> same (as it now does) after you have assigned something
> to _META.string?
I want to be able to tweak it as needed (aka if I change the string 
table I wanna be able to change the string metatable to do the same as 
the string table _BUT_ only inside the sandboxed environment)

So technically, considering I can _ENV.string = {}, it doesn't actually 
do the same does it?

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