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<td class='lines'><pre><code><span class="hl slc">-- serialize.lua</span>
<span class="hl slc">-- Lua-conformant library file that has no minetest dependencies</span>
<span class="hl slc">-- Contains the serialization and deserialization routines</span>

<span class="hl com">--[[</span>
<span class="hl com">Version history:</span>
<span class="hl com">1 - initial</span>
<span class="hl com">2 - also escaping CR character as &amp;r</span>
<span class="hl com"></span>
<span class="hl com">Structure of entry:</span>
<span class="hl com">[keytype][key]:[valuetype][val]</span>
<span class="hl com">Types:</span>
<span class="hl com">	B - bool</span>
<span class="hl com">		-&gt; 0=false, 1=true</span>
<span class="hl com">    S - string</span>
<span class="hl com">		-&gt; see below</span>
<span class="hl com">    N - number</span>
<span class="hl com">		-&gt; thing compatible with tonumber()</span>
<span class="hl com">Table:</span>
<span class="hl com">[keytype][key]:T</span>
<span class="hl com">... content is nested in table until the matching</span>
<span class="hl com">E</span>
<span class="hl com"></span>
<span class="hl com">example:</span>
<span class="hl com">LUA_SER v=2		{</span>
<span class="hl com">Skey:Svalue			key = &quot;value&quot;,</span>
<span class="hl com">N1:Seins			[1] = &quot;eins&quot;,</span>
<span class="hl com">B1:T				[true] = {</span>
<span class="hl com">Sa:Sb					a = &quot;b&quot;,</span>
<span class="hl com">Sc:B0					c = false,</span>
<span class="hl com">E					}</span>
<span class="hl com">E				}</span>
<span class="hl com"></span>
<span class="hl com">String representations:</span>
<span class="hl com">In strings the following characters are escaped by &amp;</span>
<span class="hl com">&apos;&amp;&apos; -&gt; &apos;&amp;&amp;&apos;</span>
<span class="hl com">(line break) -&gt; &apos;&amp;n&apos;</span>
<span class="hl com">(CR) -&gt; &apos;&amp;r&apos;</span>
<span class="hl com">&apos;:&apos; -&gt; &apos;&amp;:&apos;</span>
<span class="hl com">All other characters are unchanged as they bear no special meaning.</span>
<span class="hl com">]]</span>

<span class="hl kwa">local</span> write_table<span class="hl opt">,</span> literal_to_string<span class="hl opt">,</span> escape_chars<span class="hl opt">,</span> table_is_empty

<span class="hl kwa">function</span> <span class="hl kwd">table_is_empty</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>t<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">for</span> _<span class="hl opt">,</span>_ <span class="hl kwa">in</span> <span class="hl kwd">pairs</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>t<span class="hl opt">)</span> <span class="hl kwa">do</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">return false</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">return true</span>
<span class="hl kwa">end</span>

<span class="hl kwa">function</span> <span class="hl kwd">write_table</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>t<span class="hl opt">,</span> file<span class="hl opt">,</span> config<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">local</span> ks<span class="hl opt">,</span> vs<span class="hl opt">,</span> writeit<span class="hl opt">,</span> istable
	<span class="hl kwa">for</span> key<span class="hl opt">,</span> value <span class="hl kwa">in</span> <span class="hl kwd">pairs</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>t<span class="hl opt">)</span> <span class="hl kwa">do</span>
		ks <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwd">value_to_string</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>key<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl kwa">false</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
		writeit <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwa">true</span>
		istable <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">type</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>value<span class="hl opt">)==</span><span class="hl str">&quot;table&quot;</span>
		
		<span class="hl kwa">if</span> istable <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
			vs <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;T&quot;</span>
			<span class="hl kwa">if</span> config <span class="hl kwa">and</span> config<span class="hl opt">.</span>skip_empty_tables <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
				writeit <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwa">not</span> <span class="hl kwd">table_is_empty</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>value<span class="hl opt">)</span>
			<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">else</span>
			vs <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwd">value_to_string</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>value<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl kwa">true</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
		
		<span class="hl kwa">if</span> writeit <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
			file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwb">write</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>ks<span class="hl opt">..</span><span class="hl str">&quot;:&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>vs<span class="hl opt">..</span><span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl esc">\n</span><span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
			
			<span class="hl kwa">if</span> istable <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
				<span class="hl kwd">write_table</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>value<span class="hl opt">,</span> file<span class="hl opt">,</span> config<span class="hl opt">)</span>
				file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwb">write</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;E</span><span class="hl esc">\n</span><span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
			<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
<span class="hl kwa">end</span>

<span class="hl kwa">function</span> <span class="hl kwd">value_to_string</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>t<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">if</span> <span class="hl kwb">type</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>t<span class="hl opt">)==</span><span class="hl str">&quot;table&quot;</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
		file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwd">close</span><span class="hl opt">()</span>
		<span class="hl kwb">error</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;Can not serialize a table in the key position!&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">elseif</span> <span class="hl kwb">type</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>t<span class="hl opt">)==</span><span class="hl str">&quot;boolean&quot;</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">if</span> t <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
			<span class="hl kwa">return</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;B1&quot;</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">else</span>
			<span class="hl kwa">return</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;B0&quot;</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">elseif</span> <span class="hl kwb">type</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>t<span class="hl opt">)==</span><span class="hl str">&quot;number&quot;</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">return</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;N&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>t
	<span class="hl kwa">elseif</span> <span class="hl kwb">type</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>t<span class="hl opt">)==</span><span class="hl str">&quot;string&quot;</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">return</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;S&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span><span class="hl kwd">escape_chars</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>t<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">else</span>
		<span class="hl slc">--error(&quot;Can not serialize &apos;&quot;..type(t)..&quot;&apos; type!&quot;)</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">return</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;S&lt;function&gt;&quot;</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">return</span> str
<span class="hl kwa">end</span>

<span class="hl kwa">function</span> <span class="hl kwd">escape_chars</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>str<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">local</span> rstr <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">string</span><span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwb">gsub</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>str<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;&amp;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;&amp;&amp;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	rstr <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">string</span><span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwb">gsub</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>rstr<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;:&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;&amp;:&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	rstr <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">string</span><span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwb">gsub</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>rstr<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl esc">\r</span><span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;&amp;r&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	rstr <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">string</span><span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwb">gsub</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>rstr<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl esc">\n</span><span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;&amp;n&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">return</span> rstr
<span class="hl kwa">end</span>

<span class="hl slc">------</span>

<span class="hl kwa">local</span> read_table<span class="hl opt">,</span> string_to_value<span class="hl opt">,</span> unescape_chars

<span class="hl kwa">function</span> <span class="hl kwd">read_table</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>t<span class="hl opt">,</span> file<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">local</span> line<span class="hl opt">,</span> ks<span class="hl opt">,</span> vs<span class="hl opt">,</span> kv<span class="hl opt">,</span> vv<span class="hl opt">,</span> vt
	<span class="hl kwa">while true do</span>
		line <span class="hl opt">=</span> file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwb">read</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;*l&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">if not</span> line <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
			file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwd">close</span><span class="hl opt">()</span>
			<span class="hl kwb">error</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;Unexpected EOF or read error!&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
		
		<span class="hl kwa">if</span> line<span class="hl opt">==</span><span class="hl str">&quot;E&quot;</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
			<span class="hl slc">-- done with this table</span>
			<span class="hl kwa">return</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
		ks<span class="hl opt">,</span> vs <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">string</span><span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwd">match</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>line<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;^(.*[^&amp;]):(.+)$&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">if not</span> ks <span class="hl kwa">or not</span> vs <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
			file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwd">close</span><span class="hl opt">()</span>
			<span class="hl kwb">error</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;Unable to parse line: &apos;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>line<span class="hl opt">..</span><span class="hl str">&quot;&apos;!&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
		kv <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwd">string_to_value</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>ks<span class="hl opt">)</span>
		vv<span class="hl opt">,</span> vt <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwd">string_to_value</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>vs<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl kwa">true</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">if</span> vt <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
			<span class="hl kwd">read_table</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>vv<span class="hl opt">,</span> file<span class="hl opt">)</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
		<span class="hl slc">-- put read value in table</span>
		t<span class="hl opt">[</span>kv<span class="hl opt">] =</span> vv
	<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
<span class="hl kwa">end</span>

<span class="hl slc">-- returns: value, is_table</span>
<span class="hl kwa">function</span> <span class="hl kwd">string_to_value</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>str<span class="hl opt">,</span> table_allow<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">local</span> first <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">string</span><span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwd">sub</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>str<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl num">1</span><span class="hl opt">,</span><span class="hl num">1</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">local</span> rest <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">string</span><span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwd">sub</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>str<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl num">2</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">if</span> first<span class="hl opt">==</span><span class="hl str">&quot;T&quot;</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">if</span> table_allow <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
			<span class="hl kwa">return</span> <span class="hl opt">{},</span> <span class="hl kwa">true</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">else</span>
			file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwd">close</span><span class="hl opt">()</span>
			<span class="hl kwb">error</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;Table not allowed in key component!&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">elseif</span> first<span class="hl opt">==</span><span class="hl str">&quot;N&quot;</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">local</span> num <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">tonumber</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>rest<span class="hl opt">)</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">if</span> num <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
			<span class="hl kwa">return</span> num
		<span class="hl kwa">else</span>
			file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwd">close</span><span class="hl opt">()</span>
			<span class="hl kwb">error</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;Unable to parse number: &apos;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>rest<span class="hl opt">..</span><span class="hl str">&quot;&apos;!&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">elseif</span> first<span class="hl opt">==</span><span class="hl str">&quot;B&quot;</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">if</span> rest<span class="hl opt">==</span><span class="hl str">&quot;0&quot;</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
			<span class="hl kwa">return false</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">elseif</span> rest<span class="hl opt">==</span><span class="hl str">&quot;1&quot;</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
			<span class="hl kwa">return true</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">else</span>
			file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwd">close</span><span class="hl opt">()</span>
			<span class="hl kwb">error</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;Unable to parse boolean: &apos;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>rest<span class="hl opt">..</span><span class="hl str">&quot;&apos;!&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">elseif</span> first<span class="hl opt">==</span><span class="hl str">&quot;S&quot;</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
		<span class="hl kwa">return</span> <span class="hl kwd">unescape_chars</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>rest<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">else</span>
		file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwd">close</span><span class="hl opt">()</span>
		<span class="hl kwb">error</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;Unknown literal type &apos;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>first<span class="hl opt">..</span><span class="hl str">&quot;&apos; for literal &apos;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>str<span class="hl opt">..</span><span class="hl str">&quot;&apos;!&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
<span class="hl kwa">end</span>

<span class="hl kwa">function</span> <span class="hl kwd">unescape_chars</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>str<span class="hl opt">)</span> <span class="hl slc">--TODO</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">local</span> rstr <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">string</span><span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwb">gsub</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>str<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;&amp;:&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;:&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	rstr <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">string</span><span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwb">gsub</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>rstr<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;&amp;n&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl esc">\n</span><span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	rstr <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">string</span><span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwb">gsub</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>rstr<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;&amp;r&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl esc">\r</span><span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	rstr <span class="hl opt">=</span> <span class="hl kwb">string</span><span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwb">gsub</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>rstr<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;&amp;&amp;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;&amp;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">return</span> rstr
<span class="hl kwa">end</span>

<span class="hl slc">------</span>

<span class="hl com">--[[</span>
<span class="hl com">config = {</span>
<span class="hl com">	skip_empty_tables = false	-- if true, does not store empty tables</span>
<span class="hl com">								-- On next read, keys that mapped to empty tables resolve to nil</span>
<span class="hl com">}</span>
<span class="hl com">]]</span>

<span class="hl slc">-- Writes the passed table into the passed file descriptor, and closes the file</span>
<span class="hl kwa">local function</span> <span class="hl kwd">write_to_fd</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>root_table<span class="hl opt">,</span> file<span class="hl opt">,</span> config<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwb">write</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;LUA_SER v=2</span><span class="hl esc">\n</span><span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwd">write_table</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>root_table<span class="hl opt">,</span> file<span class="hl opt">,</span> config<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwb">write</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;E</span><span class="hl esc">\n</span><span class="hl str">END_SER</span><span class="hl esc">\n</span><span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwd">close</span><span class="hl opt">()</span>
<span class="hl kwa">end</span>

<span class="hl slc">-- Reads the file contents from the passed file descriptor and returns the table on success</span>
<span class="hl slc">-- Throws errors when something is wrong. Closes the file.</span>
<span class="hl slc">-- config: see above</span>
<span class="hl kwa">local function</span> <span class="hl kwd">read_from_fd</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>file<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">local</span> first_line <span class="hl opt">=</span> file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwb">read</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;*line&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">if not</span> <span class="hl kwb">string</span><span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwd">match</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>first_line<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;LUA_SER v=[12]&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
		file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwd">close</span><span class="hl opt">()</span>
		<span class="hl kwb">error</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;Expected header, got &apos;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>first_line<span class="hl opt">..</span><span class="hl str">&quot;&apos; instead!&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">local</span> t <span class="hl opt">= {}</span>
	<span class="hl kwd">read_table</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>t<span class="hl opt">,</span> file<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">local</span> last_line <span class="hl opt">=</span> file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwb">read</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;*line&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	file<span class="hl opt">:</span><span class="hl kwd">close</span><span class="hl opt">()</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">if</span> last_line <span class="hl opt">~=</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;END_SER&quot;</span> <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
		<span class="hl kwb">error</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;Missing END_SER, got &apos;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>last_line<span class="hl opt">..</span><span class="hl str">&quot;&apos; instead!&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">return</span> t
<span class="hl kwa">end</span>

<span class="hl slc">-- Opens the passed filename and serializes root_table into it</span>
<span class="hl slc">-- config: see above</span>
<span class="hl kwa">function</span> <span class="hl kwd">write_to_file</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>root_table<span class="hl opt">,</span> filename<span class="hl opt">,</span> config<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl slc">-- try opening the file</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">local</span> file<span class="hl opt">,</span> err <span class="hl opt">=</span> io<span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwd">open</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>filename<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;wb&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">if not</span> file <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
		<span class="hl kwb">error</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;Failed opening file &apos;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>filename<span class="hl opt">..</span><span class="hl str">&quot;&apos; for write:</span><span class="hl esc">\n</span><span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>err<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
	
	<span class="hl kwd">write_to_fd</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>root_table<span class="hl opt">,</span> file<span class="hl opt">,</span> config<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">return true</span>
<span class="hl kwa">end</span>

<span class="hl slc">-- Opens the passed filename, and returns its deserialized contents</span>
<span class="hl kwa">function</span> <span class="hl kwd">read_from_file</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>filename<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl slc">-- try opening the file</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">local</span> file<span class="hl opt">,</span> err <span class="hl opt">=</span> io<span class="hl opt">.</span><span class="hl kwd">open</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>filename<span class="hl opt">,</span> <span class="hl str">&quot;rb&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">if not</span> file <span class="hl kwa">then</span>
		<span class="hl kwb">error</span><span class="hl opt">(</span><span class="hl str">&quot;Failed opening file &apos;&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>filename<span class="hl opt">..</span><span class="hl str">&quot;&apos; for read:</span><span class="hl esc">\n</span><span class="hl str">&quot;</span><span class="hl opt">..</span>err<span class="hl opt">)</span>
	<span class="hl kwa">end</span>
	
	<span class="hl kwa">return</span> <span class="hl kwd">read_from_fd</span><span class="hl opt">(</span>file<span class="hl opt">)</span>
<span class="hl kwa">end</span>

<span class="hl com">--[[ simple unit test</span>
<span class="hl com">local testtable = {</span>
<span class="hl com">	key = &quot;value&quot;,</span>
<span class="hl com">	[1] = &quot;eins&quot;,</span>
<span class="hl com">	[true] = {</span>
<span class="hl com">		a = &quot;b&quot;,</span>
<span class="hl com">		c = false,</span>
<span class="hl com">	},</span>
<span class="hl com">	[&quot;es:cape1&quot;] = &quot;foo:bar&quot;,</span>
<span class="hl com">	[&quot;es&amp;ca\npe2&quot;] = &quot;baz&amp;bam\nbim&quot;,</span>
<span class="hl com">	[&quot;es&amp;&amp;ca&amp;\npe3&quot;] = &quot;baz&amp;&amp;bam&amp;\nbim&quot;,</span>
<span class="hl com">	[&quot;es&amp;:cape4&quot;] = &quot;foo\n:bar&quot;</span>
<span class="hl com">}</span>
<span class="hl com">local config = {}</span>
<span class="hl com">--write_to_file(testtable, &quot;test_out&quot;, config)</span>
<span class="hl com">local t = read_from_file(&quot;test_out&quot;)</span>
<span class="hl com">write_to_file(t, &quot;test_out_2&quot;, config)</span>
<span class="hl com">local t2 = read_from_file(&quot;test_out_2&quot;)</span>
<span class="hl com">write_to_file(t2, &quot;test_out_3&quot;, config)</span>
<span class="hl com"></span>
<span class="hl com">-- test_out_2 and test_out_3 should be equal</span>
<span class="hl com"></span>
<span class="hl com">--]]</span>


<span class="hl kwa">return</span> <span class="hl opt">{</span>
	read_from_fd <span class="hl opt">=</span> read_from_fd<span class="hl opt">,</span>
	write_to_fd <span class="hl opt">=</span> write_to_fd<span class="hl opt">,</span>
	read_from_file <span class="hl opt">=</span> read_from_file<span class="hl opt">,</span>
	write_to_file <span class="hl opt">=</span> write_to_file<span class="hl opt">,</span>
<span class="hl opt">}</span>