way to auto replace . to : when the caller first argument is self?

[woodgear]

":" need to press keyboard twice

[tomlau10]

How come : will need to press keyboard twice? Do you mean pressing 2 keys ?
But it's just a (right)shift + :, and with a bit of coding practice you can train you muscle memory in no time. 😂

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Back to the title, it is NOT ALWAYS TRUE to use the : syntax when caller 1st arg is self. Take the following example:

local attack = {}

function attack.calcDamage(attacker, target) end

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local Player = {}

function Player:attack(otherPlayer)
  local dmg = attack.calcDamage(self, otherPlayer)
  -- other logic ...
end

• Here we are calling attack.calcDamage(self, otherPlayer) where the 1st arg is self.
• However this a just a module function, but not Player's object method, and it is invalid to replace it to attack:calcDamage(otherPlayer)