Module luarocks.persist
Utility module for loading files into tables and saving tables into files.
Implemented separately to avoid interdependencies, as it is used in the bootstrapping stage of the cfg module.
Functions
| load_into_table (filename, tbl) | Load a Lua file containing assignments, storing them in a table. |
| save_from_table (filename, tbl) | Save the contents of a table in a file. |
Functions
- load_into_table (filename, tbl)
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Load a Lua file containing assignments, storing them in a table.
The global environment is not propagated to the loaded file.
Parameters:
filename: string: the name of the file.tbl: table or nil: if given, this table is used to store loaded values.
Returns:
-
table or (nil, string): a table with the file's assignments
as fields, or nil and a message in case of errors.
- save_from_table (filename, tbl)
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Save the contents of a table in a file.
Each element of the table is saved as a global assignment.
Only numbers, strings and tables (containing numbers, strings
or other recursively processed tables) are supported.
Parameters:
filename:tbl:
Returns:
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boolean or (nil, string): true if successful, or nil and a
message in case of errors.