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Re:How Many Lines of C It Takes to Execute a and B in Python? by spacechild1 on Monday December 11, 2023 @01:53PM (#38603809)
Lua has metamethods: https://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html#2.4
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Re:How Many Lines of C It Takes to Execute a and B in Python? by lifthrasiir on Monday December 11, 2023 @11:09PM (#38609326)
They reside in metatables, which are only optionally linked to ordinary objects. Python magic methods are a part of the core object protocol.
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