setrawmetatable

Sets the metatable of object to the metatable provided, bypassing the __metatable field.

function setrawmetatable<T>(object: T, metatable: { any }): T

Parameters

• object - The object's metatable to be set.

• metatable - The wanted metatable to set.

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Example

local DummyString = "Example"
local StringMetatable = setrawmetatable(DummyString, { __index = getgenv() })
print(StringMetatable) -- Output: Example
print(Metatable.getgenv) -- Output: function: 0x...