Re: Detecting read or write access in __index metamethod

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>]

> Is there a way to detect in an __index meta-method, written in C, if the
> access is for reading or writing a value?  I.e. to distinguish between
> 
> a.b.c = 42
> 
> and
> 
> local answer = a.b.c

Perhaps you mean this? http://lua-users.org/wiki/AutomagicTables