Re: table output

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

On 10/11/2009 10:44, Wesley Smith wrote:
> I'm sure everyone on this list has written a table serializer at some
> point.

Indeed... :-)
It is an interesting exercise, not too hard to do (apparently) although 
delicate to do correctly.
Since everybody is showing off their serializer in this thread, I will 
show mine! :-D
See it at: DumpObject.lua 
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ephilho/%2Bjunk/Lua/annotate/head%3A/DumpObject.lua

It outputs code that can be reused as Lua code, trying to be concise 
when possible. It allows compact output (in one line) or indented 
output. It (tries to) addresses correctly cycles and most Lua types, but 
it is weak at handling functions (as keys or values). Otherwise, it 
seems quite robust for the tests I did (TestDumpObject.lua and 
TestDumpObject2.lua, plus some debug dumps I do in my own code).

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ephilho/%2Bjunk/Lua/annotate/head%3A/TestDumpObject.lua
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ephilho/%2Bjunk/Lua/annotate/head%3A/TestDumpObject2.lua

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