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class HbLanguage

Data type for languages. Each lanauge object corresponds to a BCP 47 language tag.

Lua wrapper for hb_language_t type.

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methods

HbLanguage.new

function HbLanguage.new(language_tag) ->  HbLanguage {
    INVALID = HbLanguage,
    new = function,
    __tostring = function,
    __eq = function,
}

@return - a Language object.

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Convert a string representing a BCP 47 language tag to the corresponding language object.

Wraps hb_language_from_string.

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HbLanguage.__tostring

function HbLanguage.__tostring() ->  string

@return - Returns a string representation for the language object.

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Enable nice output with tostring(…).

Wraps hb_language_to_string.

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HbLanguage.__eq

function HbLanguage.__eq(lang: HbLanguage {
    INVALID = HbLanguage,
    new = function,
    __tostring = function,
    __eq = function,
}) ->  boolean

@return - true or false depending on whether the two languages are equal.

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Enable equality comparisions with == between two languages.

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fields

HbLanguage.INVALID

HbLanguage.INVALID : HbLanguage {
    INVALID: HbLanguage,
    new: function,
    __tostring: function,
    __eq: function,
}

Value to represent a nonexistent name ID.

Wraps HB_LANGUAGE_INVALID.

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