SaveGame v. 0.6

[Argh]

Result: {testingsave={hello={kitty=cat}}}

So... is GG = {testingsave={hello={kitty=cat}}} the same as GG.testingsave = {hello = {kitty = cat}} (the original test value)? That looks right...

[aegis]

GG['testingsave'] == GG.testingsave

try it with multiple vars in one or more of the tables, make sure it handles that right

...

you don't want strings encased in quotes?

[Argh]

Hmm. Two first-iteration values:

{testingsave={hello={kitty=cat}},foo={bar={barfoo=boo}}}

Original:

GG.testingsave = {hello = {kitty = 'cat'}}
GG.foo = {bar = {barfoo = 'boo'}}

That second one looks like exactly what is needed: GG = { foo={bar={barfoo=boo}}, }
Oops, nvm, wasn't counting brackets lol, there's one too many.

GG = { foo={bar={barfoo=boo}}, }
not
GG = { foo={bar={barfoo=boo}}}, }

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{
	testingsave={
		hello={
			kitty=cat
		}
	},
	foo={
		bar={
			barfoo=boo
		}
	}
}

brackets are right, based on "{testingsave={hello={kitty=cat}},foo={bar={barfoo=boo}}}"

[Argh]

Ohhh, it's enclosing the whole thing. OK.

[aegis]

right, because GG is a table. do you want it to put quotes around strings?

[Argh]

Yeah. I just ran into that fun problem.

[aegis]

is that a yes? if so, try this.

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local function dumpTable(tab)
	if type(tab) == 'table' then
		local tmp = {}
		for a, b in pairs(tab) do
			table.insert(tmp, a .. '=' .. dumpTable(b))
		end
		return '{' .. table.concat(tmp, ',') .. '}'
	elseif type(tab) == 'string' then
		return "'" .. tab .. "'"
	else
		return tab
	end
end

[Argh]

Hmm. GG.testingsave == nil

So... um, I guess surround all a's with quotes if not numbers?

Or... GG['testingsave']... shit

Nope.

GG ={['testingsave']={['hello']={['kitty']='cat'}},['foo']={['bar']={['barfoo']='boo'}}}

Both GG.testingsave and GG['testingsave'] return nil

With this function (was going to add math check, but whatever

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local function dumpTable(tab)
   if type(tab) == 'table' then
      local tmp = {}
      for a, b in pairs(tab) do
         table.insert(tmp, "['"..tostring(a).."']".. '=' .. dumpTable(b))
      end
      return '{' .. table.concat(tmp, ',') .. '}'
   elseif type(tab) == 'string' then
      return "'" .. tab .. "'"
   else
      return tab
   end
end

[aegis]

['testingsave']=

what?
I have no idea why you added that except possibly to break it.

[Argh]

IDK. Sorry, been up since 5AM, I am now officially punch-drunk.

Whatever's going on, the top-level reference doesn't return <table>

[Argh]

Wait, I think I got it... did something really silly

[aegis]

did it possibly have something to do with the only line you changed?

[Argh]

No, and it didn't work, either. I still get a value of nil for GG.testingsave.

This is really amazingly stupid. I did a few things like this before I ended up with the hand-coded recursions.

The problem is, GG.testingsave = {blah = {blahblah = 1}} does not appear to be equivalent to GG = {testingsave = {blah = {blahblah = 1}}}

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> GG = {}
> GG.testingsave = {blah = {blahblah = 1}}
> ZZ = {testingsave = {blah = {blahblah = 1}}}
> print(dumpTable(GG))
{testingsave={blah={blahblah=1}}}
> print(dumpTable(ZZ))
{testingsave={blah={blahblah=1}}}

[Argh]

Hmm. Code in save-file:

GG ={testingsave=2,foo={bar={barfoo=boo}}}

Spring.Echo(GG.testingsave) returns nil

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local function dumpTable(tab)
	if type(tab) == 'table' then
		local tmp = {}
		for a, b in pairs(tab) do
			table.insert(tmp, tostring(a) .. '=' .. dumpTable(b))
		end
		return '{' .. table.concat(tmp, ',') .. '}'
	elseif type(tab) == 'string' then
		return "'" .. tab .. "'"
	else
		return tostring(tab)
	end
end

added tostring fallback for types that don't concat well

what's GG? does it allow direct assignment? I'm guessing not.

[Argh]

GG's the gadget global table.

Meh. In previous tests (with that ugly iterative hack):

GG.testingsave = {foo = {bar = barfoo}}
Worked both ways. But that code rebuilds it exactly like that.

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for a,b in pairs (GG) do
	Spring.SendLuaUIMsg('write_save_file ' .. 'GG.' .. tostring(a) ..'=' .. dumpTable(b))
end

[Argh]

Yeah... that looks like it'll do it.