Using C++ to call lua table methods

I googled this shit for 4 hours last night and didn't find a damn thing. Eventually, I got it by myself so I figured I'd put it up here for anyone wondering.

Okay, here's are example script:

local OurTable = { name = "Donny"; }function OurTable:Speak()    print("Hi my name is " .. self.name);end

And here's the source to call it:

lua_getglobal(State, "OurTable");lua_pushstring(State, "Speak");lua_gettable(State, -2);lua_insert(State, -1);lua_insert(State, -2);lua_call(State, 1, 0);

Output:

Hi my name is Donny

Ok, so we get our global on the first line. The second line pushes the name of the function onto the stack for lua_gettable, which pushes the function onto the stack.

Then I use lua_insert to first push the function onto the stack, then to push the table onto the stack. We push the table onto the stack because lua table methods are like class methods in C++, the first parameter is 'hidden' and is passed by the system (so, we need to pass it.) So, now our stack looks like so:
OurTable
OurTable:Speak

Pretty simple actually, but I couldn't figure it out because I didn't have much knowledge of Lua and the C++ side of the library.

Btw, you can push any extra arguments for the function after the table is inserted (the line 'lua_insert(State, -2);'.)

local OurTable = { name = "Donny"; }function OurTable:Speak(text)    print(self.name .. ": " .. text);end

lua_getglobal(State, "OurTable");lua_pushstring(State, "Speak");lua_gettable(State, -2);lua_insert(State, -1);lua_insert(State, -2);lua_pushstring(State, "Where am I?");lua_call(State, 1, 0);lua_getglobal(State, "OurTable");lua_pushstring(State, "Speak");lua_gettable(State, -2);lua_insert(State, -1);lua_insert(State, -2);lua_pushstring(State, "What's going on?");lua_call(State, 1, 0);

Output:

Donny: Where am I?Donny: What's going on?

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