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-rw-r--r--mesecons/util.lua11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mesecons/util.lua b/mesecons/util.lua
index 7485cac..f1f88d6 100644
--- a/mesecons/util.lua
+++ b/mesecons/util.lua
@@ -193,14 +193,23 @@ function mesecon.tablecopy(obj) -- deep copy
return obj
end
+-- Returns whether two values are equal.
+-- In tables, keys are compared for identity but values are compared recursively.
+-- There is no protection from infinite recursion.
function mesecon.cmpAny(t1, t2)
if type(t1) ~= type(t2) then return false end
- if type(t1) ~= "table" and type(t2) ~= "table" then return t1 == t2 end
+ if type(t1) ~= "table" then return t1 == t2 end
+ -- Check that for each key of `t1` both tables have the same value
for i, e in pairs(t1) do
if not mesecon.cmpAny(e, t2[i]) then return false end
end
+ -- Check that all keys of `t2` are also keys of `t1` so were checked in the previous loop
+ for i, _ in pairs(t2) do
+ if t1[i] == nil then return false end
+ end
+
return true
end