Setmetatable

Available since: Gideros 2011.6

Description

Sets the `metatable` for the given table. (You cannot change the `metatable` of other types from Lua, only from C.) If `metatable` is nil, removes the `metatable` of the given table. If the original `metatable` has a "__metatable" field, raises an error.

This function returns table.

(table) = setmetatable(table,metatable)

Parameters

table: (table) table to set metatable to
metatable: (varies) value to use as metatable

Return values

Returns (table) provided table