<function name="setmetatable" parent="debug" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Sets the object's metatable. Unlike <page>Global.setmetatable</page>, this function works regardless of whether the first object passed is a valid table or not; this function even works on primitive datatypes such as numbers, functions, and even nil.</description>⤶ <description>⤶ <deprecated></deprecated>⤶ ⤶ Sets the object's metatable. Unlike <page>Global.setmetatable</page>, this function works regardless of whether the first object passed is a valid table or not; this function even works on primitive datatypes such as numbers, functions, and even nil.</description>⤶ <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <args> <arg name="object" type="any">Object to set the metatable for.</arg> <arg name="metatable" type="table">The metatable to set for the object. If this argument is nil, then the object's metatable is removed.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="boolean">true if the object's metatable was set successfully.</ret> </rets> </function>