Object Prototypes
In Lua, object-oriented programming is achieved using prototypal inheritance, since Lua does not have the concept of a class. Prototypal inheritance simply means that objects …
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Lua Table-Access Metamethods
Table access [[metamethods (Lua)]] provide a mechanism for handling table lookup using the
__indexmetamethod and writes to missing keys, using the__newindexmetamethod. They … -
Metatables
In Lua, since everything is a tables, metatables are a paradigm that lets you change the behaviour of a table, using another table. For example …
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Lua Coroutines
Coroutines in Lua are related to [[Generators (Python)]]. They allow a function to be written to return intermittantly using the
yield()function call on the …