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authororwell96 <orwell@bleipb.de>2021-04-04 19:50:04 +0200
committerorwell96 <orwell@bleipb.de>2021-04-04 19:55:21 +0200
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Open files in binary mode; also serialize carriage return
Bumps serialization version as CR escape would not be read correctly in older version
Diffstat (limited to 'serialize.lua')
-rw-r--r--serialize.lua21
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/serialize.lua b/serialize.lua
index 12a26c4..4b1ebb7 100644
--- a/serialize.lua
+++ b/serialize.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
-- Contains the serialization and deserialization routines
--[[
+Version history:
+1 - initial
+2 - also escaping CR character as &r
Structure of entry:
[keytype][key]:[valuetype][val]
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ Table:
E
example:
-LUA_SER v=1 {
+LUA_SER v=2 {
Skey:Svalue key = "value",
N1:Seins [1] = "eins",
B1:T [true] = {
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ String representations:
In strings the following characters are escaped by &
'&' -> '&&'
(line break) -> '&n'
-(CR) -> '&r' --> required?
+(CR) -> '&r'
':' -> '&:'
All other characters are unchanged as they bear no special meaning.
]]
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ end
function escape_chars(str)
local rstr = string.gsub(str, "&", "&&")
rstr = string.gsub(rstr, ":", "&:")
+ rstr = string.gsub(rstr, "\r", "&r")
rstr = string.gsub(rstr, "\n", "&n")
return rstr
end
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ end
function unescape_chars(str) --TODO
local rstr = string.gsub(str, "&:", ":")
rstr = string.gsub(rstr, "&n", "\n")
+ rstr = string.gsub(rstr, "&r", "\r")
rstr = string.gsub(rstr, "&&", "&")
return rstr
end
@@ -187,7 +192,7 @@ config = {
-- Writes the passed table into the passed file descriptor, and closes the file
local function write_to_fd(root_table, file, config)
- file:write("LUA_SER v=1\n")
+ file:write("LUA_SER v=2\n")
write_table(root_table, file, config)
file:write("E\nEND_SER\n")
file:close()
@@ -197,14 +202,14 @@ end
-- Throws errors when something is wrong. Closes the file.
-- config: see above
local function read_from_fd(file)
- local first_line = file:read("*l")
- if first_line ~= "LUA_SER v=1" then
+ local first_line = file:read("*line")
+ if not string.match(first_line, "LUA_SER v=[12]") then
file:close()
error("Expected header, got '"..first_line.."' instead!")
end
local t = {}
read_table(t, file)
- local last_line = file:read("*l")
+ local last_line = file:read("*line")
file:close()
if last_line ~= "END_SER" then
error("Missing END_SER, got '"..last_line.."' instead!")
@@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ end
-- config: see above
function write_to_file(root_table, filename, config)
-- try opening the file
- local file, err = io.open(filename, "w")
+ local file, err = io.open(filename, "wb")
if not file then
error("Failed opening file '"..filename.."' for write:\n"..err)
end
@@ -228,7 +233,7 @@ end
-- Opens the passed filename, and returns its deserialized contents
function read_from_file(filename)
-- try opening the file
- local file, err = io.open(filename, "r")
+ local file, err = io.open(filename, "rb")
if not file then
error("Failed opening file '"..filename.."' for read:\n"..err)
end