To elaborate, Lua has special syntax for defining and calling methods vs unbound functions. In Lua, function woot:donk() ... end woot:donk() is equiva

To elaborate, Lua has special syntax for defining and calling methods vs unbound functions. In Lua, function woot:donk() ... end woot:donk() is equivalent to woot.donk = function(self) ... end woot.donk(woot) and when you define a function normally e.g. function() ... end there is no self parameter, thus the one from the parent scope is captured. The flaw with JS, really, is that it forces every function to be a method, and doesn't let you express whether you are defining one or the other. (think I got this right, my Lua is a bit rusty)