metatables

[oblique walrus]

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Main Script:

local ps = game:GetService("Players")
local test = require(script.test)
local super_test = require(script.super_test)

local testing_area = {
}

function outside_scope(player)
    testing_area[tostring(player.UserId)]:changecolor() -- Changes color but to green
    print(testing_area)
end

function player_added(player)
    local var = test.new(player) -- method 1, color is red 
    testing_area[tostring(player.UserId)] = var
    var:changecolor() -- Changes to blue
    
    local var_2 = super_test.new(player, testing_area[tostring(player.UserId)]) -- method 2
    var_2:changecolor() -- Changes to green

    outside_scope(player)
end

ps.PlayerAdded:Connect(player_added)

test script:

local test = {}
test.__index = test

local data_set = {
    default = "test";
    color = "red"
}

function test.new(player, self)
    if self then setmetatable(self, test) end
    local self = setmetatable({}, test)
    self.name = player.Name
    self.data_set = data_set
    return self
end

function test:changecolor()
    self.color = "blue"
    return self
end


return test

super test script:

local supertest = {}
supertest.__index = supertest

function supertest:changecolor()
    self.color = "green"
    return self
end

function supertest.new(player, data, self)
    if self then return setmetatable(self, supertest) end
    
    local self = setmetatable(data, supertest)
    return self
    
end

return supertest

main question is why testing_area[tostring(player.UserId)]:changecolor() is changing to green and not blue?

trying to understand why it was overwritten with super_test even though i passed it into super_test in the second parameter

[icy crow]

they are the same table in this case

well no

but you make them into the and object of the same class

a table can only have 1 metatable

[oblique walrus]

oh

[icy crow]

meaning here you override the prev metadata

[oblique walrus]

WOW