return index running function

Let's say you had some code

table={
1,
2,
function explainSelf() return table end
}

Running table.explainSelf would clearly return the index the function is stored in

But what if we wanted to later do this:

otherTable={}
otherTable.explainSelf = table.explainSelf

Running otherTable.explainSelf would not return otherTable

So what would you do
Something like this?

function()
  return self
end

Where you say "index", I assume you mean "table". If it returned the index, it would return "explainSelf".

It'd look something like this:

local someTable = {
  explainSelf = function( self ) return self end,
}

someTable:explainSelf() --#note the : -- this is the same as
someTable.explainSelf( someTable ) --#<--that

KingofGamesYami, on 04 April 2016 - 06:18 PM said:

Where you say "index", I assume you mean "table". If it returned the index, it would return "explainSelf".

It'd look something like this:

local someTable = {
  explainSelf = function( self ) return self end,
}

someTable:explainSelf() --#note the : -- this is the same as
someTable.explainSelf( someTable ) --#<--that

Thanks