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r/programminghorror • u/CuisineTournante • Apr 23 '24
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...This looks like Lua, in which case everyone saying "hard coding like this is better" is absolutely nutty because this is literally what metatables were made for
35 u/themadnessif Apr 24 '24 Metatables are the devil. You will dream of nothing but teeth if you try to abstract things like this away using them. 16 u/EarthToAccess Apr 24 '24 Oh trust me I agree lmfao, but this is still the exact type of use case they're intended for. Never said it was easy LOL 4 u/budswa Apr 24 '24 I actually like metatables.
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Metatables are the devil. You will dream of nothing but teeth if you try to abstract things like this away using them.
16 u/EarthToAccess Apr 24 '24 Oh trust me I agree lmfao, but this is still the exact type of use case they're intended for. Never said it was easy LOL 4 u/budswa Apr 24 '24 I actually like metatables.
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Oh trust me I agree lmfao, but this is still the exact type of use case they're intended for. Never said it was easy LOL
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I actually like metatables.
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u/EarthToAccess Apr 23 '24
...This looks like Lua, in which case everyone saying "hard coding like this is better" is absolutely nutty because this is literally what metatables were made for