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Is there a way to get an object from its metatable?

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NotAshley is not online. NotAshley
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24 Jun 2015 03:50 AM
Sort of like the opposite of getmetatable. I want to be able to find the real "game" instance from getmetatable(game)
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cntkillme is not online. cntkillme
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24 Jun 2015 03:52 AM
No. But you could invoke a metamethod and "self" would refer to it.
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NotAshley is not online. NotAshley
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24 Jun 2015 03:56 AM
@cnt example?
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cntkillme is not online. cntkillme
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24 Jun 2015 04:03 AM
Wait I just realized what you want.
Uh, well it depends, what are you trying to do? Are all the metatables unique? If so you could create a weak table to keep track of things.
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NotAshley is not online. NotAshley
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24 Jun 2015 04:04 AM
I'm just trying to break out of a sandbox by finding hacky ways to indirectly refer to real instances.
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cntkillme is not online. cntkillme
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24 Jun 2015 04:08 AM
Why would you only have the metatable in the first place?
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NotAshley is not online. NotAshley
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24 Jun 2015 04:11 AM
Idk, it was a dumb question.
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