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| author | Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com> |
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| date | Sat, 02 May 2015 20:10:31 -0600 |
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| 455 the final result is the result of indexing this table with <tt>key</tt>. | 455 the final result is the result of indexing this table with <tt>key</tt>. |
| 456 (This indexing is regular, not raw, | 456 (This indexing is regular, not raw, |
| 457 and therefore can trigger another metamethod.) | 457 and therefore can trigger another metamethod.) |
| 458 </li> | 458 </li> |
| 459 | 459 |
| 460 <li><b>"newindex": </b> | 460 <li><b>"new_index": </b> |
| 461 The indexing assignment <tt>table[key] = value</tt>. | 461 The indexing assignment <tt>table[key] = value</tt>. |
| 462 | 462 |
| 463 Like the index event, | 463 Like the index event, |
| 464 this event happens when | 464 this event happens when |
| 465 when <tt>key</tt> is not present in <tt>table</tt>. | 465 when <tt>key</tt> is not present in <tt>table</tt>. |
| 476 (This assignment is regular, not raw, | 476 (This assignment is regular, not raw, |
| 477 and therefore can trigger another metamethod.) | 477 and therefore can trigger another metamethod.) |
| 478 | 478 |
| 479 | 479 |
| 480 <p> | 480 <p> |
| 481 Whenever there is a "newindex" metamethod, | 481 Whenever there is a "new_index" metamethod, |
| 482 Luan does not perform the primitive assignment. | 482 Luan does not perform the primitive assignment. |
| 483 (If necessary, | 483 (If necessary, |
| 484 the metamethod itself can call <a href="#pdf-rawset"><tt>raw_set</tt></a> | 484 the metamethod itself can call <a href="#pdf-rawset"><tt>raw_set</tt></a> |
| 485 to do the assignment.) | 485 to do the assignment.) |
| 486 </li> | 486 </li> |