why table.function doesnt pass var while table:function does?

[Bugala]

I encountered a strange situation and I have no idea why.

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Function s_Intro:Parser_RemoveUnwantedChars(string)
	DebugPrint("string on arrival: "..string)
endfunction

using:

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self:Parser_RemoveUnwantedChars("asd")
 

works.

But using:

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self.Parser_RemoveUnwantedChars("asd")

(difference being using . or : for tables function call)
Doesnt work. Why?

[p-OS]

I think, that if you create a method (:), HW implicitly adds a self Parameter:

Function s_Intro:Parser_RemoveUnwantedChars(string)
<=>
s_Intro["Parser_RemoveUnwantedChars"]=Function (self,string)

I assume you get an error that Parameters are missing...

[Bugala]

Yes, you are right on that. Now I see why it does that.

Because I use:

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function table:Function(string)

It always assume I have self when calling it. If I use

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table.function(string)

then it is actually expecting to get two variables, where the first one will work as "self".

Now that I am sending only string, it thinks this string is self, and there is no string, string hence being NIL.

It makes sense now. Didnt realise it works this way. I thought if calling with table.function, it would then do the same, but just without possibility to call self, didnt realise it then assumes the first one is self if I originally declared the function with ":".

Good to know that now. Never realised that before. Thanks p-OS!

[Clyde]

This link is useful for that kind of questions (I just discovered this last week): http://lua-users.org/wiki/ObjectOrientationTutorial