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in which five different paths lead to methods

Phil Hagelberg · 8 Feb 2022 · technomancy.us

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  1. This is a common problem with using metatables; they can lead to surprising, unpredictable behavior.
  2. But I do want to stress that each of these five approaches are all just trade-offs, and none of them are universally wrong.