Re: __newindex setting table

["Victor Bombi" <sonoro@...>]

Thanks and sorry for this silly question,.
__newindex function behaves the same as any function, of course.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duncan Cross" <duncan.cross@gmail.com>
To: "Lua mailing list" <lua-l@lists.lua.org>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: __newindex setting table


> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Victor Bombi <sonoro@telefonica.net> 
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Where in the docs can be infered that
> >
> > local aa = metatable({},{__newindex = function(t,i,v) t=v end})
> >
> > aa[0] = 24
> >
> > is not performing aa = 24
> >
> > Best
> > victor bobi
>
> 2.1 - Values and Types
>
> "Tables, functions, threads, and (full) userdata values are objects:
> variables do not actually contain these values, only references to
> them. Assignment, parameter passing, and function returns always
> manipulate references to such values; these operations do not imply
> any kind of copy."
>
>
> So, in your case, the parameter "t" and the variable "aa" are seperate
> references, -- reassigning one reference does not affect the other.
>
>
> -Duncan