Sterilization being worked on

multi/integration/sterilization.lua

@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ local bin = pcall(require,"bin")
 if not bin then return error("The bin library is required to use sterilization!") end
 local multi,thread = require("multi"):init()
 local sterilizer = {}
+----------
+-- Helpers
+----------
+local function inList(t,o)
+    for i,v in pairs(t) do
+        if v==o then
+            return v
+        end
+    end
+end
 ---------------------
 -- State Saving Stuff
 ---------------------

test.lua

@@ -4,23 +4,34 @@ multi,thread = require("multi"):init()
 test = {}
 test.temp = {}
 test.temp.hello = multi:newAlarm(3)
-function inList(t,o)
+local function inList(t,o)
     for i,v in pairs(t) do
         if v==o then
             return v
         end
     end
 end
+local function convertFunc(func)
+    local c = {}
+    c.func = func
+    c.__call = function(self,...)
+        if self.called then return unpack(self.rets) end
+        self.rets = {self.func(...)}
+        self.called = true
+        return unpack(self.rets)
+    end
+    setmetatable(c,c)
+    return c
+end
 function getPath(tbl, obj, conn, indent, loop, path)
+    conn = convertFunc(conn)
     if not indent then indent = 0 end
     if not loop then loop = {} end
-    if not path then path = {"_G"} end
+    if not path then path = {"\0"} end
     for k, v in pairs(tbl) do
         formatting = string.rep("  ", indent) .. k .. ": "
-        --print(k,v==obj)
         if type(v) == "table" then
             if not inList(loop,v) and type(k)~="number" then
-                --print(formatting)
                 table.insert(loop,v)
                 table.insert(path,k)
                 getPath(v, obj, conn, indent + 1, loop, path)
@@ -28,12 +39,16 @@ function getPath(tbl, obj, conn, indent, loop, path)
             end
         end
         if v==obj then
+            if type(k)=="number" then return end
             local str = table.concat(path,".").."."..k
             str = str:reverse()
-            conn(str:sub(1,(str:find("G_"))+1):reverse())
+            conn(str:sub(1,(str:find("\0"))-2):reverse())
+            return
         end
     end
+    --conn(nil,"Path not found")
 end
-getPath(_G, test.temp.hello.Act,function(path)
+local hmm = test.temp.hello
+getPath(_G, hmm, function(path)
     print(path)
 end)