gistfile1.lua

-- global
people = {}

person = class {
  function(self, name, age)
    self.name, self.age = name, age
    table.insert(people, self)
  end

  -- generic by default
  get_name = function(self)
     return self.name
  end

  -- class method
  ['class.find_by_name'] = function(name)
     table.foreach(people, function(p)
          if p.name:match(name) then
             return p
          end
     end)
  end
}


p1 = person('taylor luk', 26) 
p2 = person('minhee', 99)
p3 = person('lee', 100)


print(p1.get_name())   -- prints 'taylor luk'
print(person.get_name(p2)) -- prints 'minhee'

-- class method example
print person.find_by_name('taylor').name -- prints 'taylor luk'