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+--[[
+Functions for turning a table into lua code that will re-create the table.
+]]
+
+local fn = require("fn")
+local tts = {}
+
+function tts.table_to_string(tbl)
+	--Collect all of our tables first,
+	--so that we don't break when we have recursive tables.
+	local tables = {}
+	local table_order = {}
+	local function tables_helper(t)
+		tables[t] = #table_order + 1
+		table_order[#table_order + 1] = t
+		for k,v in pairs(t) do
+			if type(k) == "table" and not tables[k] then
+				tables_helper(k)
+			end
+			if type(v) == "table" and not tables[v] then
+				tables_helper(v)
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	tables_helper(tbl)
+	
+	--Get the string representation of an element
+	local errfun = function(e) error("Cannot format a " .. type(e)) end
+	local rep_map = {
+		--things we can format
+		number = function(e) return string.format("%f",e) end,
+		string = function(e) return string.format("%q",e) end,
+		boolean = function(e) return e and "true" or "false" end,
+		table = function(e)
+			assertf(tables[e] ~= nil,"Could not find dependency table %s",tostring(e))
+			return string.format("table_%d",tables[e])
+		end,
+		--things we can't format
+		["function"] = errfun,
+		coroutine = errfun,
+		file = errfun,
+		userdata = errfun,
+		--nil can never happen
+	}
+	local sb = {}
+	--Create all the variables first, so that recursive tables will work
+	for n,_ in pairs(table_order) do
+		sb[#sb + 1] = string.format("local table_%d = {}",n)
+	end
+	--Go backwards through tables, since that should be the
+	--"dependency" order
+	for i = #table_order, 1, -1 do -- -1 is needed in case #table_order == 0
+		local tstr = {}
+		local this_table = table_order[i]
+		for k,v in pairs(this_table) do
+			tstr[#tstr + 1] = string.format("table_%d[%s] = %s",i,rep_map[type(k)](k), rep_map[type(v)](v))
+		end
+		sb[#sb + 1] = table.concat(tstr,"\n")
+	end
+	sb[#sb + 1] = "return table_1"
+	return table.concat(sb,"\n\n");
+end
+
+return tts