Overwrite the given apis

How can I overwrite a native funcion without a crash?

For example:

local oldTerm = {}
for k, v in pairs(term) do
  oldTerm[k] = v
end

term["write"] = function(...) --Here crashes
  <CODE>
end

Computercraft in minecraft version 1.7.10

Whats the error?

and what specifically are you overwriting the function with?


This for example would work, so it is most likely what you are overwriting it with.

local oldWrite = term.write

term.write = function(...)
  return oldWrite(...)
end

Oh sorry, I did this:

term["write"] = function(...)
  write(...)
end

But I forgot, that write use term.write. :D/>

At least with the term API, it's not intended that you do this. The idea is that you construct a new table filled with your replacement functions for those in term, then pass that as an argument to term.redirect() (which returns the previous such table used - computers start off using term.native(), but multishell typically changes that to a window).

If you attempt to override the whole term API, then you'll likely get undesirable results if a script makes use of multiple display objects.