How would I set the type of self?

[Mr_Spokes]

I have been writing a few methods and I am now wondering if there is a way to set the type of the self parameter since it is automatically defined in methods. Probably pretty simple, but I haven’t found a way to do it yet.

[Operatik]

Just use the dot operator instead of colon to declare the self explicitly:

function module.foo(self)
     -- code here
     print(self)
end

-- Test it!
module:foo()

However, if you’re wondering about type-checking. There are hacky ways to go about it which I think other topics have covered on.

[Mr_Spokes]

I’ve just come up with a different method since all I needed from that was autocomplete. I’ve found it a bit easier to just manually declare self like you said, and the remove it after im finished scripting so I get the autocomplete and I know everything is referenced right, but it also doesn’t give any errors after i’ve finished.