Function lua_setmetatable

depends/lua/src/lapi.c:846–883

LUA_API int lua_setmetatable (lua_State *L, int objindex) {
  TValue *obj;
  Table *mt;
  lua_lock(L);
  api_checknelems(L, 1);
  obj = index2addr(L, objindex);
  if (ttisnil(L->top - 1))
    mt = NULL;
  else {
    api_check(L, ttistable(L->top - 1), "table expected");
    mt = hvalue(L->top - 1);
  }
  switch (ttnov(obj)) {
    case LUA_TTABLE: {
      hvalue(obj)->metatable = mt;
      if (mt) {
        luaC_objbarrier(L, gcvalue(obj), mt);
        luaC_checkfinalizer(L, gcvalue(obj), mt);
      }
      break;
    }
    case LUA_TUSERDATA: {
      uvalue(obj)->metatable = mt;
      if (mt) {
        luaC_objbarrier(L, uvalue(obj), mt);
        luaC_checkfinalizer(L, gcvalue(obj), mt);
      }
      break;
    }
    default: {
      G(L)->mt[ttnov(obj)] = mt;
      break;
    }
  }
  L->top--;
  lua_unlock(L);
  return 1;
}


LUA_API void lua_setuservalue (lua_State *L, int idx) {