Tag Archives: object

see.lua – Introspecting Lua objects

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Lee

As via its python equivalent, see.lua takes in an object and prints out a list of its elements as well as metatable methods in readable text.

> require "see"

> s = see(string)
.byte(?)            .char(?)            .dump(?)            .find(?)

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Python Tip: Copying an object

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Lee

One of the several “features” of python that often land beginners head over feet with their faces in the mud is the distinction between references and copies. Say we have the following list a:

a = [1,3,5,7,9,11]

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