luaforwindows/files/lua/tree.lua

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--- Tables as trees.
module ("tree", package.seeall)
require "list"
local metatable = {}
--- Make a table into a tree
-- @param t table
-- @return tree
function new (t)
return setmetatable (t or {}, metatable)
end
--- Tree <code>__index</code> metamethod.
-- @param tr tree
-- @param i non-table, or list of indices <code>{i<sub>1</sub> ...
-- i<sub>n</sub>}</code>
-- @return <code>tr[i]...[i<sub>n</sub>]</code> if i is a table, or
-- <code>tr[i]</code> otherwise
function metatable.__index (tr, i)
if type (i) == "table" then
return list.foldl (op["[]"], tr, i)
else
return rawget (tr, i)
end
end
--- Tree <code>__newindex</code> metamethod.
-- Sets <code>tr[i<sub>1</sub>]...[i<sub>n</sub>] = v</code> if i is a
-- table, or <code>tr[i] = v</code> otherwise
-- @param tr tree
-- @param i non-table, or list of indices <code>{i<sub>1</sub> ...
-- i<sub>n</sub>}</code>
-- @param v value
function metatable.__newindex (tr, i, v)
if type (i) == "table" then
for n = 1, #i - 1 do
if type (tr[i[n]]) ~= "table" then
tr[i[n]] = tree.new ()
end
tr = tr[i[n]]
end
rawset (tr, i[#i], v)
else
rawset (tr, i, v)
end
end
--- Make a deep copy of a tree, including any metatables
-- @param t table
-- @param nometa if non-nil don't copy metatables
-- @return copy of table
function clone (t, nometa)
local r = {}
if not nometa then
setmetatable (r, getmetatable (t))
end
local d = {[t] = r}
local function copy (o, x)
for i, v in pairs (x) do
if type (v) == "table" then
if not d[v] then
d[v] = {}
if not nometa then
setmetatable (d[v], getmetatable (v))
end
o[i] = copy (d[v], v)
else
o[i] = d[v]
end
else
o[i] = v
end
end
return o
end
return copy (r, t)
end