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-rw-r--r--builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua b/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
index 0686c18da..ab2da14ea 100644
--- a/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
+++ b/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
@@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ end
-- The dumped and level arguments are internal-only.
function dump(o, indent, nested, level)
- if type(o) ~= "table" then
+ local t = type(o)
+ if not level and t == "userdata" then
+ -- when userdata (e.g. player) is passed directly, print its metatable:
+ return "userdata metatable: " .. dump(getmetatable(o))
+ end
+ if t ~= "table" then
return basic_dump(o)
end
-- Contains table -> true/nil of currently nested tables