From 3555be54c2abb8d5ece008a60dbdfbde0ffbddd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Pickering <alex@cogarr.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 12:49:48 -0600
Subject: inital commit

---
 06/ext.lua | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 06/ext.lua

(limited to '06/ext.lua')

diff --git a/06/ext.lua b/06/ext.lua
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c1eb1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/06/ext.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+-- Override tostring to display more info about the table
+local old_tostring = tostring
+local numtabs = 0
+local printed_tables = {}
+
+local function tostring_helper(el)
+	assert(type(el) == "table", "Tried to call helper with something that was not a table, it was a " .. type(el))
+	local mt = getmetatable(el)
+	if mt and mt.__tostring then
+		return mt.__tostring(el)
+	elseif printed_tables[el] == true then
+		return old_tostring(el)
+	else
+		printed_tables[el] = true
+		numtabs = numtabs + 1
+		local strbuilder = setmetatable({"{"},{__index = table})
+		for k,v in pairs(el) do
+			local key,value
+			if type(k) == "table" then
+				key = tostring_helper(k)
+			else
+				key = old_tostring(k)
+			end
+			if type(v) == "table" then
+				value = tostring_helper(v)
+			else
+				value = old_tostring(v)
+			end
+			strbuilder:insert(string.format("%s%s : %s", string.rep("\t",numtabs), key, value))
+		end
+		strbuilder:insert(string.rep("\t",numtabs - 1) .. "}")
+		numtabs = numtabs - 1
+		return strbuilder:concat("\n")
+	end
+
+end
+function tostring(el)
+	printed_tables = {}
+	if type(el) == "table" then
+		return tostring_helper(el)
+	end
+	return old_tostring(el)
+end
+
+-- Functions to save my hands
+function printf(fmt, ...)
+	print(string.format(fmt,...))
+end
+function errorf(fmt, ...)
+	--Our error isn't actually in this function, it's 1 above us (1) = 2
+	error(string.format(fmt,...),2)
+end
+function assertf(bool, fmt, ...)
+	assert(type(fmt) == "string", "Assertf arg #2 was \"" .. type(fmt) .. "\", expected string")
+	if not bool then
+		args = {fmt}
+		for k,v in ipairs({...}) do
+			table.insert(args,tostring(v))
+		end
+		error(string.format(unpack(args)),2)
+	end
+end
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