Thank you very much for answering, Mike, and apologies for the delayed response. It seems like __new answers all my prayers. :D Any nitpicks with this changed code? If not feel free to just not respond. :]
Class = ffi.metatype('aClass', {
__new = function(self, _copy)
if ffi.istype('aClass', _copy) then
return C.aClass_copy(_copy)
end
return C.aClass_create()
end,
__gc = C.aClass_destroy,
-- Equality checking etc are outside of __index
__eq() = function(a, b) end,
__index = {
copy = C.aClass_copy,
getNumber = C.aClass_getNumber,
setNumber = C.aClass_setNumber,
}
})
Man, thunderbird really did a number on the whitespace last time...
