Module lib.serialize
Serialize an object into a source code string.
This string, when passed as an argument to loadstring()(), returns an object structurally identical to the original one. The following are currently supported: * strings, numbers, booleans, nil * functions without upvalues * tables thereof. Tables can have shared part, but can't be recursive yet. Caveat: metatables and environments aren't saved.
Functions
| dump_or_ref_val (x) | if x occurs multiple times, dump the local var rather than the value. |
| dump_val (x) | Second pass, dump the object; subparts occuring multiple times are dumped in local variables which can be referenced multiple times; care is taken to dump locla vars in asensible order. |
Functions
- dump_or_ref_val (x)
-
if x occurs multiple times, dump the local var rather than the
value. If it's the first time it's dumped, also dump the content
in localdefs.
Parameters:
- x
- dump_val (x)
-
Second pass, dump the object; subparts occuring multiple times are dumped
in local variables which can be referenced multiple times;
care is taken to dump locla vars in asensible order.
Parameters:
- x