extras.lua

local M
-- convert table to text
function M.serializeTable(val, name, skipnewlines, depth)
  skipnewlines = skipnewlines or false
  depth = depth or 0

  local tmp = string.rep(' ', depth)

  if name then
    tmp = tmp .. name .. ' = '
  end

  if type(val) == 'table' then
    tmp = tmp .. '{' .. (not skipnewlines and '\n' or '')

    for k, v in pairs(val) do
      tmp = tmp .. serializeTable(v, k, skipnewlines, depth + 1) .. ',' .. (not skipnewlines and '\n' or '')
    end

    tmp = tmp .. string.rep(' ', depth) .. '}'
  elseif type(val) == 'number' then
    tmp = tmp .. tostring(val)
  elseif type(val) == 'string' then
    tmp = tmp .. string.format('%q', val)
  elseif type(val) == 'boolean' then
    tmp = tmp .. (val and 'true' or 'false')
  else
    tmp = tmp .. '"[inserializeable datatype:' .. type(val) .. ']"'
  end

  return tmp
end

return M