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Diffirintiate between index and newindex
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Description
Will it be possible to set different types for index and newindex metamethods?
My use case is tree structure that return new tree_node from index and stores data when newindex is called.
If I use generic {[key]:new_index_type} it works almost fine but index return incorrect types.
Below is example of what I'm trying to achive
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Research direction
The issue names the __index and __newindex metamethods and illustrates a tree_node use case, but identifies no source files or tests. Start by locating the type-inference handling for these metamethods and reproduce the reported generic-table behavior. Done means index and newindex can receive distinct types without breaking the example.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100