From 82f277c1ab04f4c141edc5b8ba13c413511e0c49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Suen <warr1024@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 07:48:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add command to analyze lua entities

---
 szutil_basics/init.lua | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/szutil_basics/init.lua b/szutil_basics/init.lua
index 9f0184d..be346a0 100644
--- a/szutil_basics/init.lua
+++ b/szutil_basics/init.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 -- LUALOCALS < ---------------------------------------------------------
-local ipairs, minetest, string, table
-    = ipairs, minetest, string, table
-local string_format, table_concat, table_remove
-    = string.format, table.concat, table.remove
+local ipairs, minetest, pairs, string, table
+    = ipairs, minetest, pairs, string, table
+local string_format, table_concat, table_remove, table_sort
+    = string.format, table.concat, table.remove, table.sort
 -- LUALOCALS > ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 -- Chat command to completely destroy a player account, including auth.
@@ -52,6 +52,35 @@ do
 		})
 end
 
+-- Chat command to analyze entities
+minetest.register_chatcommand("luaentities", {
+		description = "Summary of luaentities by type",
+		privs = {["debug"] = true},
+		func = function()
+			local sum = {}
+			local keys = {}
+			for _, ent in pairs(minetest.luaentities) do
+				local n = ent.name or "?"
+				if not sum[n] then
+					sum[n] = 1
+					keys[#keys + 1] = n
+				else
+					sum[n] = sum[n] + 1
+				end
+			end
+			table_sort(keys, function(a, b)
+					local sa = sum[a]
+					local sb = sum[b]
+					return sa == sb and a < b or sa > sb
+				end)
+			for i = 1, #keys do
+				local k = keys[i]
+				keys[i] = string_format("%q=%d", k, sum[k])
+			end
+			return true, table_concat(keys, ", ")
+		end
+	})
+
 -- Moderators and admins can always bypass player limits,
 -- important for emergency access.
 minetest.register_can_bypass_userlimit(function(name)