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[added] tostring awareness for tablex.stringify

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Max Cahill 2020-04-08 21:10:24 +10:00
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@ -218,10 +218,16 @@ end
--turn a table into a vaguely easy to read string --turn a table into a vaguely easy to read string
--which is also able to be parsed by lua in most cases --which is also able to be parsed by lua in most cases
function tablex.stringify(t) function tablex.stringify(t)
if type(t) ~= "table" then --if the input is not a table, or it has a tostring metamethod
--just use tostring
local mt = getmetatable(t)
if type(t) ~= "table" or mt and mt.__tostring then
return tostring(t) return tostring(t)
end end
--otherwise, collate into member chunks
local chunks = {} local chunks = {}
--(tracking for already-seen elements from ipairs)
local seen = {} local seen = {}
--sequential part first --sequential part first
for i, v in ipairs(t) do for i, v in ipairs(t) do