hookmetamethod - Byte Documentation

hookmetamethod(value: any, method: string, replacement: function): function

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Arguments

any

required

The value used by this operation.

string

required

The case-sensitive metamethod or namecall method name.

function

required

The replacement callback. Keep the returned original function when delegating calls.

Returns

function

The original metamethod callable.

Missing metatable or non-function metamethod raises. Keep the original for delegation.

Example

local t = setmetatable({}, {__index = function() return "original" end})
local original
original = hookmetamethod(t, "__index", function(self, key) return original(self, key) end)
print(t.example)
restorefunction(getrawmetatable(t).__index)

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