Function luaV_gettable

Source/Misc/lua/src/lua.c:14941–14964

void luaV_gettable (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key, StkId val) {
int loop;
for (loop = 0; loop < MAXTAGLOOP; loop++) {
const TValue *tm;
if (ttistable(t)) {  /* `t' is a table? */
Table *h = hvalue(t);
const TValue *res = luaH_get(h, key); /* do a primitive get */
if (!ttisnil(res) ||  /* result is no nil? */
(tm = fasttm(L, h->metatable, TM_INDEX)) == NULL) { /* or no TM? */
setobj2s(L, val, res);
return;
}
/* else will try the tag method */
}
else if (ttisnil(tm = luaT_gettmbyobj(L, t, TM_INDEX)))
luaG_typeerror(L, t, "index");
if (ttisfunction(tm)) {
callTMres(L, val, tm, t, key);
return;
}
t = tm;  /* else repeat with `tm' */
}
luaG_runerror(L, "loop in gettable");
}


void luaV_settable (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key, StkId val) {