Function luaL_newmetatable

3rd/lua-5.4.3/src/lauxlib.c:311–321

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LUALIB_API int luaL_newmetatable (lua_State *L, const char *tname) {
  if (luaL_getmetatable(L, tname) != LUA_TNIL)  /* name already in use? */
    return 0;  /* leave previous value on top, but return 0 */
  lua_pop(L, 1);
  lua_createtable(L, 0, 2);  /* create metatable */
  lua_pushstring(L, tname);
  lua_setfield(L, -2, "__name");  /* metatable.__name = tname */
  lua_pushvalue(L, -1);
  lua_setfield(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, tname);  /* registry.name = metatable */
  return 1;
}


LUALIB_API void luaL_setmetatable (lua_State *L, const char *tname) {