new pack/unpack for tables, current issue is things being turned into strings

lovethreads/main.lua

@@ -1,50 +1,94 @@
 package.path = "../?/init.lua;../?.lua;"..package.path
 local multi, thread = require("multi"):init{print=true, warning = true, error=true}
+local flat = require("flatten")
 
-GLOBAL, THREAD = require("multi.integration.loveManager"):init()
+local people = {
+    {
+       name = "Fred",
+       address = "16 Long Street",
+       phone = "123456"
+    },
+    {
+       name = "Wilma",
+       address = "16 Long Street",
+       phone = "123456",
+       func = function()
+           print("Hi")
+       end
+    },
+    {
+       name = "Barney",
+       address = "17 Long Street",
+       phone = "123457",
+       important = love.data.newByteData("TEST")
+    }
+ }
 
-local queue = multi:newSystemThreadedQueue("TestQueue")
-local tab = multi:newSystemThreadedTable("TestTable")
-
-local test = multi:newSystemThread("Test",function()
-    local queue = THREAD.waitFor("TestQueue")
-    local tab = THREAD.waitFor("TestTable")
-    print("THREAD_ID:",THREAD_ID)
-    queue:push("Did it work?")
-    tab["Test"] = true
-    return 1,2,3
-end)
-
-multi:newThread("QueueTest", function()
-    print(thread.hold(queue))
-    print(thread.hold(tab, {key="Test"}))
-    print("Done!")
-end)
-
-local jq = multi:newSystemThreadedJobQueue(n)
-
-jq:registerFunction("test2",function()
-    print("This works!")
-end)
-
-jq:registerFunction("test",function(a, b, c)
-    print(a, b+c)
-    test2()
-    return a+b+c
-end)
-
-print("Job:",jq:pushJob("test",1,2,3))
-print("Job:",jq:pushJob("test",2,3,4))
-print("Job:",jq:pushJob("test",5,6,7))
-
-jq.OnJobCompleted(function(...)
-    print("Job Completed!", ...)
-end)
-
-function love.draw()
-    --
+function dump(o)
+    if type(o) == 'table' then
+        local s = '{ '
+        for k,v in pairs(o) do
+            if type(k) ~= 'number' then k = '"'..k..'"' end
+            s = s .. '['..k..'] = ' .. dump(v) .. ','
+        end
+        return s .. '} '
+    else
+        return tostring(o)
+    end
 end
 
-function love.update()
-    multi:uManager()
-end
+local fpeople = flat.flatten(people)
+
+print("Flatten", dump(fpeople))
+
+local people = flat.unflatten(fpeople)
+
+print("Unflatten", dump(people))
+ 
+-- GLOBAL, THREAD = require("multi.integration.loveManager"):init()
+
+-- local queue = multi:newSystemThreadedQueue("TestQueue")
+-- local tab = multi:newSystemThreadedTable("TestTable")
+
+-- local test = multi:newSystemThread("Test",function()
+--     local queue = THREAD.waitFor("TestQueue")
+--     local tab = THREAD.waitFor("TestTable")
+--     print("THREAD_ID:",THREAD_ID)
+--     queue:push("Did it work?")
+--     tab["Test"] = true
+--     return 1,2,3
+-- end)
+
+-- multi:newThread("QueueTest", function()
+--     print(thread.hold(queue))
+--     print(thread.hold(tab, {key="Test"}))
+--     print("Done!")
+-- end)
+
+-- local jq = multi:newSystemThreadedJobQueue(n)
+
+-- jq:registerFunction("test2",function()
+--     print("This works!")
+-- end)
+
+-- jq:registerFunction("test",function(a, b, c)
+--     print(a, b+c)
+--     test2()
+--     return a+b+c
+-- end)
+
+-- print("Job:",jq:pushJob("test",1,2,3))
+-- print("Job:",jq:pushJob("test",2,3,4))
+-- print("Job:",jq:pushJob("test",5,6,7))
+
+-- jq.OnJobCompleted(function(...)
+--     print("Job Completed!", ...)
+-- end)
+
+-- function love.draw()
+--     --
+-- end
+
+-- function love.update()
+--     multi:uManager()
+-- end