Additional configuration formats, experimental vector library, other utilities

Readme.md

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Mostly self-documenting code. Mod namespace is `modlib` or `_ml`, containing all
 
 ## Configuration
 
-1. Configuration is loaded from `<worldpath>/config/<modname>.<extension>`, the following extensions are supported and will be searched for (in that order):
+1. Configuration is loaded from `<worldpath>/config/<modname>.<extension>`, the following extensions are supported and loaded (in the given order), with loaded configurations overriding properties of previous ones:
    1. [`json`](https://json.org)
-   2. [`conf`](https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt)
-2. Settings are loaded and override configuration values
+   2. [`lua`](https://lua.org)
+   3. [`luon`](https://github.com/appgurueu/luon), Lua but without the `return`
+   4. [`conf`](https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt)
+2. Settings are loaded from `minetest.conf` and override configuration values

conf.lua

@@ -89,14 +89,27 @@ function load_or_create(filename, replacement_file, constraints)
 end
 function import(modname, constraints, no_settingtypes)
     local default_config = modlib.mod.get_resource(modname, "default_config.json")
+    local default_conf = minetest.parse_json(modlib.file.read(default_config))
     local config = load_or_create(get_path(modname)..".json", default_config, constraints)
+    local formats = {
+        { extension = ".lua", load = minetest.deserialize },
+        { extension = ".luon", load = function(text) minetest.deserialize("return "..text) end },
+        { extension = ".conf", load = function(text) return fix_types(build_tree(read_conf(text)), constraints) end }
+    }
+    for _, format in ipairs(formats) do
+        local conf = modlib.file.read(get_path(modname)..format.extension)
+        if conf then
+            config = merge_config(config, format.load(conf))
+        end
+    end
     if not no_settingtypes then
         constraints.name = modname
-        local settingtypes = generate_settingtypes(minetest.parse_json(modlib.file.read(default_config)), constraints)
+        local settingtypes = generate_settingtypes(default_conf, constraints)
         modlib.file.write(modlib.mod.get_resource(modname, "settingtypes.txt"), settingtypes)
     end
     local additional_settings = modlib.conf.settings[modname] or {}
     additional_settings = fix_types(additional_settings, constraints)
+    -- TODO implement merge_config_legal(default_conf, ...)
     config = merge_config(config, additional_settings)
     if constraints then
         check_config_constraints(config, constraints, function(message)

player.lua

@@ -83,3 +83,14 @@ minetest.register_on_leaveplayer(
         delete_player_data(playername)
     end
 )
+
+function datatable(table, default)
+    table = table or {}
+    default = default or {}
+    minetest.register_on_joinplayer(function(player)
+        local name = player:get_player_name()
+        table[name] = table[name] or default
+    end)
+    minetest.register_on_leaveplayer(function(player) table[player:get_player_name()] = nil end)
+    return table
+end

table.lua

@@ -304,4 +304,12 @@ function reverse(list)
         list[len-i+1], list[i] = list[i], list[len-i+1]
     end
     return list
+end
+
+function repetition(value, count)
+    local table = {}
+    for i = 1, count do
+        table[i] = value
+    end
+    return table
 end

vector.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+local mt_vector = vector
+local vector = getfenv(1)
+
+function new(v)
+    return setmetatable(v, vector)
+end
+
+function from_xyzw(v)
+    return new{v.x, v.y, v.z, v.w}
+end
+
+function to_xyzw(v)
+    return {x = v[1], y = v[2], z = v[3], w = v[4]}
+end
+
+function to_minetest(v)
+    return mt_vector.new(unpack(v))
+end
+
+function combine(v1, v2, f)
+    local v = {}
+    for k, c in pairs(v1) do
+        v[k] = f(c, v2[k])
+    end
+    return new(v)
+end
+
+function apply(v, s, f)
+    for i, c in pairs(v) do
+        v[i] = f(c, s)
+    end
+end
+
+function combinator(f)
+    return function(v1, v2)
+        return combine(v1, v2, f)
+    end, function(v, s)
+        return apply(v, s, f)
+    end
+end
+
+add, add_scalar = combinator(function(a, b) return a + b end)
+subtract, subtract_scalar = combinator(function(a, b) return a - b end)
+multiply, multiply_scalar = combinator(function(a, b) return a * b end)
+divide, divide_scalar = combinator(function(a, b) return a / b end)
+
+function length(v)
+    local sum = 0
+    for _, c in pairs(v) do
+        sum = sum + c*c
+    end
+    return math.sqrt(sum)
+end