Lua Serializing and unserializing a metatable

[dudeim]

Hey,

So I got this problem I have a table containing a metatable and well I want to serialize that table, but the built in function only works for non metatables.

These are the functions I'm talking about:

function table.serialize(x, recur)
	local t = type(x)
	recur = recur or {}

	if(t == nil) then
		return "nil"
	elseif(t == "string") then
		return string.format("%q", x)
	elseif(t == "number") then
		return tostring(x)
	elseif(t == "boolean") then
		return x and "true" or "false"
	elseif(getmetatable(x)) then --as you can see it doesn't accept tables (also if i remove this line i don't think it will work it isn't in here for no reason
		error("Can not serialize a table that has a metatable associated with it.")
	elseif(t == "table") then
		if(table.find(recur, x)) then
			error("Can not serialize recursive tables.")
		end
		table.append(recur, x)

		local s = "{"
		for k, v in pairs(x) do
			s = s .. "[" .. table.serialize(k, recur) .. "]" .. " = " .. table.serialize(v, recur) .. ", "
		end

		return s:sub(0, s:len() - 2) .. "}"
	end

	error("Can not serialize value of type '" .. t .. "'.")
end

function table.unserialize(str)
	return loadstring("return " .. str)()
end

So is there anyway I can do this with metatables?

Thanks!

 

[Obsdark]

Delete it, i misspost

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[dudeim]

Uhmmm wtf? This has like nothing to do with what I asked...

 

[Obsdark]

Yeah, it's true, i confess than i read it to learn when somebody helps you, but i also try to help another person either and i post him post here too by accident.

Anyway, i hope you find the solution to your problem

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¡Bless you and Cheers up!
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-Obsdark-

 

[dudeim]

It's no problem I also reacted a little harsher then I meant so sorry for that

 

[dudeim]

Bump

 

[dudeim]

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