Corrected semi-colon ';' to colon ':' in usertype documentation

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Stephen Lane-Walsh 2017-07-20 15:31:31 -04:00 committed by The Phantom Derpstorm
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@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ To learn more about usertypes, visit:
The examples folder also has a number of really great examples for you to see. There are also some notes about guarantees you can find about usertypes, and their associated userdata, below: The examples folder also has a number of really great examples for you to see. There are also some notes about guarantees you can find about usertypes, and their associated userdata, below:
* All usertypes are runtime extensible in both `Lua`_ and `C++`_ * All usertypes are runtime extensible in both `Lua`_ and `C++`_
* Please note that the semi-colon is necessary to "automatically" pass the ``this``/``self`` argument to Lua methods * Please note that the colon is necessary to "automatically" pass the ``this``/``self`` argument to Lua methods
- ``obj:method_name()`` is how you call "member" methods in Lua - ``obj:method_name()`` is how you call "member" methods in Lua
- It is purely syntactic sugar that passes the object name as the first argument to the ``method_name`` function - It is purely syntactic sugar that passes the object name as the first argument to the ``method_name`` function
- ``my_obj:foo(bar, baz)`` is the same as ``my_obj.foo(my_obj, bar, baz)`` - ``my_obj:foo(bar, baz)`` is the same as ``my_obj.foo(my_obj, bar, baz)``
- **Please note** that one uses a semi-colon, and the other uses a dot, and forgetting to do this properly will crash your code - **Please note** that one uses a colon, and the other uses a dot, and forgetting to do this properly will crash your code
- There are safety defines outlined in the :ref:`safety page here<config>` - There are safety defines outlined in the :ref:`safety page here<config>`
* You can push types classified as userdata before you register a usertype. * You can push types classified as userdata before you register a usertype.
- You can register a usertype with the Lua runtime at any time sol2 - You can register a usertype with the Lua runtime at any time sol2