31 lines
692 B
Lua
31 lines
692 B
Lua
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-- General utility functions.
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--
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-- **Note: This module is not part of public API!**
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----
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local ipairs = ipairs
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local pairs = pairs
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local M = {}
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--- Returns a new table containing the contents of all the given tables.
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-- Tables are iterated using @{pairs}, so this function is intended for tables
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-- that represent *associative arrays*. Entries with duplicate keys are
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-- overwritten with the values from a later table.
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--
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-- @tparam {table,...} ... The tables to merge.
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-- @treturn table A new table.
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function M.merge (...)
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local result = {}
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for _, tab in ipairs{...} do
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for key, val in pairs(tab) do
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result[key] = val
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end
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end
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return result
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end
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return M
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