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| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lua_api.txt | 2 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua b/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua index 48488ab62..0b608126e 100644 --- a/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua +++ b/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua @@ -491,6 +491,18 @@ function core.pos_to_string(pos) end -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +function table.copy(t, seen) + local n = {} + seen = seen or {} + seen[t] = n + for k, v in pairs(t) do + n[type(k) ~= "table" and k or seen[k] or table.copy(k, seen)] = + type(v) ~= "table" and v or seen[v] or table.copy(v, seen) + end + return n +end + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- mainmenu only functions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- if INIT == "mainmenu" then diff --git a/doc/lua_api.txt b/doc/lua_api.txt index e4a016b1a..f51d215ed 100644 --- a/doc/lua_api.txt +++ b/doc/lua_api.txt @@ -1310,6 +1310,8 @@ minetest.is_yes(arg) ^ returns whether arg can be interpreted as yes minetest.get_us_time() ^ returns time with microsecond precision +table.copy(table) -> table +^ returns a deep copy of a table minetest namespace reference ----------------------------- |