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Wrote an edge case with the 100 recursive __index calls

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Junseo Yoo 2024-06-10 15:15:03 -07:00
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@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ type exampleTy2 = index<typeof(exampleClass2), "Foo"> -- exampleTy2 = number
type exampleTy3 = index<typeof(exampleClass3), "Foo"> -- exampleTy3 = string
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One edge case to consider when using/designing this type operator is that `__index` only supports 100 nested `__index` metamethods until it gives up. In the case that a property is not found within the 100 recursive calls, this type operator will fail to reduce.
Implementation is straight forward: the type of the indexee will be determined (table, class, etc) -> search through the properties of the indexee and reduce to the corresponding type of the indexer if it exists; otherwise, reduce to an error.
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