Advent Calendar 2025 by d954mas

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DAY 3. Lua Class

A tiny OOP helper for Lua that builds instances by copying tables instead of metatables. It started as a minimal replacement for middleclass .

GitHub - d954mas/lua-class

Lua Class OOP library

lua-class A tiny OOP helper for Lua that builds instances by copying tables instead of metatables. It started as a minimal replacement for middleclass. Features class.class(name, parent) — define a class and optionally inherit every field/method from parent. class.new_instance(class, ...) — copy the class table into a fresh instance and call initialize(...) if it exists. class.is_instance_of_by_name(instance, name) — simple ancestry check by class name. Installation Drop class.lua into your…