Function luaV_settable

Source/Misc/lua/src/lua.c:14967–14991

void luaV_settable (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);
TValue *oldval = luaH_set(L, h, key); /* do a primitive set */
if (!ttisnil(oldval) ||  /* result is no nil? */
(tm = fasttm(L, h->metatable, TM_NEWINDEX)) == NULL) { /* or no TM? */
setobj2t(L, oldval, val);
luaC_barriert(L, h, val);
return;
}
/* else will try the tag method */
}
else if (ttisnil(tm = luaT_gettmbyobj(L, t, TM_NEWINDEX)))
luaG_typeerror(L, t, "index");
if (ttisfunction(tm)) {
callTM(L, tm, t, key, val);
return;
}
t = tm;  /* else repeat with `tm' */
}
luaG_runerror(L, "loop in settable");
}


static int call_binTM (lua_State *L, const TValue *p1, const TValue *p2,