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Metatable

Data holding structure that is designated to hold metadata

A metatable is the section of a database or other data holding structure that is designated to hold data that will act as source code or metadata. In

Metatable

Lightweight programming language

explicit support for inheritance, but allows it to be implemented with metatables. Similarly, Lua allows programmers to implement namespaces, classes and

Lua

Torch (machine learning)

Deep learning software

called, torch initializes and sets a Lua table with the user-defined metatable, which makes the table an object. Objects created with the torch factory

Torch (machine learning)

Torch_(machine_learning)

Member variable

Variable associated with a specific object, and accessible for all its methods

table argument is our object's member variables. -- In a Lua object is a metatable and its member variables are table key-value pairs. return setmetatable({

Member variable

Member_variable

This (computer programming)

In programming languages, the object or class the currently running code belongs to

is not object-oriented, but when combined with another feature called metatables, the use of self lets programmers define functions in a manner resembling

This (computer programming)

This_(computer_programming)

Ephemeron

strongly, the table will act like an ephemeron. Lua 5.2 also introduced metatable behavior that helps to construct ephemeron-like data structures. Languages

Ephemeron