From 8a14f04734fe78b13e204e6dd347a40e8b2c6482 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Mueller <appgurulars@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 20:53:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Lua log file: Fix short notations

---
 persistence.lua | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/persistence.lua b/persistence.lua
index d7db0e9..08d1204 100644
--- a/persistence.lua
+++ b/persistence.lua
@@ -80,13 +80,12 @@ function lua_log_file:_dump(value, is_key)
 	if _type == "number" then
 		return ("%.17g"):format(value)
 	end
-	if self.references[value] then
-		return "R[" .. self.references[value] .. "]"
+	local reference = self.references[value]
+	if reference then
+		return "R[" .. reference .."]"
 	end
-	self.reference_count = self.reference_count + 1
-	local reference = self.reference_count
+	reference = self.reference_count + 1
 	local key = "R[" .. reference .."]"
-	self.references[value] = reference
 	local formatted
 	if _type == "string" then
 		if is_key and value:len() <= key:len() and value:match"[%a_][%a%d_]*" then
@@ -114,6 +113,8 @@ function lua_log_file:_dump(value, is_key)
 	else
 		error("unsupported type: " .. _type)
 	end
+	self.reference_count = reference
+	self.references[value] = reference
 	self:log(key .. "=" .. formatted)
 	return key
 end