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diff --git a/builtin/game/chat.lua b/builtin/game/chat.lua
index 37d12c458..291e72b70 100644
--- a/builtin/game/chat.lua
+++ b/builtin/game/chat.lua
@@ -1,27 +1,41 @@
-- Minetest: builtin/game/chat.lua
+-- Helper function that implements search and replace without pattern matching
+-- Returns the string and a boolean indicating whether or not the string was modified
+local function safe_gsub(s, replace, with)
+ local i1, i2 = s:find(replace, 1, true)
+ if not i1 then
+ return s, false
+ end
+
+ return s:sub(1, i1 - 1) .. with .. s:sub(i2 + 1), true
+end
+
--
-- Chat message formatter
--
-- Implemented in Lua to allow redefinition
function core.format_chat_message(name, message)
- local str = core.settings:get("chat_message_format")
local error_str = "Invalid chat message format - missing %s"
- local i
+ local str = core.settings:get("chat_message_format")
+ local replaced
- str, i = str:gsub("@name", name, 1)
- if i == 0 then
+ -- Name
+ str, replaced = safe_gsub(str, "@name", name)
+ if not replaced then
error(error_str:format("@name"), 2)
end
- str, i = str:gsub("@message", message, 1)
- if i == 0 then
+ -- Timestamp
+ str = safe_gsub(str, "@timestamp", os.date("%H:%M:%S", os.time()))
+
+ -- Insert the message into the string only after finishing all other processing
+ str, replaced = safe_gsub(str, "@message", message)
+ if not replaced then
error(error_str:format("@message"), 2)
end
- str = str:gsub("@timestamp", os.date("%H:%M:%S", os.time()), 1)
-
return str
end