Lua __call methamethod example

call-meta-call.lua

#!/usr/bin/env lua

meta_call = require('meta-call')

-- Index
str_table = {
	'string1',
	'string2',
	'string3',
	'string4'
}

-- Associative
name_tbl = {
	friend0 = 'Anne',
	friend1 = 'Allen',
	friend2 = 'Ivan',
	friend3 = 'Alecz',
	friend4 = 'Anthony'
}

meta_call(str_table)

meta_call(name_tbl)

meta-call.lua

#!/usr/bin/env lua

mainTable = {}

function func(args)
	args= args or {}

	-- Associative
	for i, friend in pairs(args) do
		print(friend)
	end

end


return setmetatable(
	mainTable, 
	{
		__call = function(_, ...)
			return func(...)
		end
	}
)