Object-Oriented Lua: self

don't know Lua but if I would have to use it I would write simple preprocessor that would check what members are in class add add "self" to where they appear inside class methods. (maybe there's something like this on the net?)

How is the 'self' prefix any different from an ugly m_ prefix?

Program into a language, don't try and force it to look like something it's not.

Lua is not an object oriented language.

The OO stuff you're seeing are array based "hacks" which make the language appear as an object oriented language. There is no way to get rid of writing 'self' every time. Just get over it. Or use another language, which is really object oriented, such as Python.

-Riku

Have you thought that writing "self" everytime underlines the meaning of it?

If some other person is looking into your code he/she knows in instant that ie. variable that has "self" as prefix is called within the object and it is not a variable that came from the out-of-class scope.

I for example write "this" in Java and C# every time just to make the point I just explained.

And as some poster above sayed, that LUA is not "natively" OO-language. It has so bending syntax that it can be used as one though and that way enabled many OO features. I wouldn't call it a hack though, because it is a feature that comes from the enhanced syntax.

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Original post by RichardoX There is no way to get rid of writing 'self' every time. Just get over it. Or use another language, which is really object oriented, such as Python.

You have to write 'self' each time in Python too!

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Original post by Kylotan Quote: Original post by RichardoX There is no way to get rid of writing 'self' every time. Just get over it. Or use another language, which is really object oriented, such as Python. You have to write 'self' each time in Python too!

My exact response.

I hate it when people bring the non-nativity of Lua's OO up as something negative. To me it's really a testament to the power of it's core features that OO can be implemented so easily, and in such a clean manner.